"Helen Toner never expected a board vote to make her a household name in tech policy. But when OpenAI's leadership crisis spilled into public view in 2023, her role as a director-and as one of the AI safety community's prominent voices -put her at the heart of Silicon Valley's most consequential fight over the future of artificial intelligence. That experience vaulted her into a rare position: someone trusted in both Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley to speak plainly about the risks of AI."
"CSET is a 50-person organization within Georgetown and we focus on policy research. We're not academics-we do analysis and write papers and brief policymakers, and it's all focused on trying to help policymakers and other decision-makers understand the implications of emerging tech for their work, in particular on the national security side. In this new role, I will be leading the organization as a whole."
Helen Toner rose to prominence after an OpenAI board vote and leadership crisis in 2023 that placed her at the center of major debates over AI's future. Toner is trusted in both Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley to speak plainly about AI risks. Toner is now director of Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), a 50-person policy research organization focused on national-security implications of emerging technologies. CSET produces analysis, papers, briefings, and data-driven research to inform policymakers. Toner will oversee CSET's research, data, operations, and external affairs teams, while addressing U.S.-China AI competition, industry lobbying, and AI safeguarding challenges.
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