Fazl Barez

Fazl Barez is a Co-Founder at Tangentic, where reliable AI deployment is prioritized, and serves as a Research Scientist at Anthropic as a contractor. Additionally, Fazl holds the position of Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, focusing on interpretability and safety research under Philip Torr. As Head of Research and Co-Director at Apart Research and an AI Research Affiliate at the Future of Life Institute, contributions are made towards AI existential safety. Research affiliations also include the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge. Past experiences include a Technology and Security Policy Fellowship at RAND Corporation and roles at the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics and AI Safety Hub. Fazl's educational background includes a PhD from the University of Oxford in Machine Learning, a CDT in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh, and an MSc in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences from the University of Glasgow.