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New grant announcement and match fund now live

We are pleased to announce today that Open Philanthropy is supporting our work to transform global resilience to extreme risks.  Open Philanthropy is a philanthropic funder with the mission “to help others as much as we can with the resources available to us.” Open Philanthropy has committed to a grant to CLTR of £4 million […]

Oct 10, 2024

The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR) is recruiting a freelance communications contractor

In this role, you will be responsible for researching, writing, and submitting grant proposals to secure funding for our various research initiatives, and policy development programs and creating impact reports and other external communication pieces. 

Oct 2, 2024

Expression of Interest: Strategic Proposal Writer (contractor)

In this role, you will be responsible for researching, writing, and submitting grant proposals to secure funding for our various research initiatives, and policy development programs and creating impact reports and other external communication pieces. 

Aug 23, 2024

Response to the Covid Inquiry Module 1 Report on ‘Preparedness and Resilience’

On July 18th, The Right Honourable Baroness Hallett published Module 1 of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, focusing on the Resilience and Preparedness of the United Kingdom.

Aug 14, 2024

Closed: Expression of Interest: AI policy researcher (contractor)

Due to strong interest, we are not currently accepting new applications for this opportunity. We may re-open this application process if there is a need for additional candidates.

Jul 2, 2024

We are hiring for a Board Member (now closed)

If you are passionate about CLTR’s mission and think you have what it takes to be successful as a Board member, even if you don’t feel you check all the boxes, please apply. We’d really appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

Jun 14, 2024

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Comments and feedback to the International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI Interim Report ahead of the AI Seoul Summit

We provided comments and feedback to the International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI Interim Report ahead of the AI Seoul Summit.

May 12, 2024

Evidence to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee’s Engineering Biology inquiry

In addition to written evidence and ongoing engagement, we provided oral evidence to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee’s Engineering Biology inquiry.

May 7, 2024

Why we recommend risk assessments over evaluations for AI-enabled biological tools (BTs)

As part of our work to identify the three most beneficial next steps that the UK Government can take to reduce the biological risk posed by BTs, our team reflected on where the approach to narrow, specialised tools will need to differ from existing approaches to mitigating the risks from frontier AI. 

Mar 27, 2024

How to turn the UK into ‘resilient Britain’

Overhauling central government and following the lead of big business will help us face complex risks.

Mar 20, 2024

Letter: Whitehall is ill-prepared for the risks Britain faces

Read our letter in The Financial Times

Mar 1, 2024

The UK is heading in the right direction on AI regulation, but must move faster

This week marks an important milestone in the UK Government’s journey to regulating AI, with the first official update on the UK’s approach to AI regulation since the White Paper published last March.

Feb 7, 2024

We are hiring for an Operations Associate (Application Deadline 10 March 2024)

This role will be vitally important as it will dramatically increase the productivity and impact of the whole team.

Feb 5, 2024

We are hiring for a Biosecurity Policy Adviser (Deadline 8 March 2024)

We are seeking a dedicated individual to become a core member of our Biosecurity Policy Unit. In this versatile role, you will contribute to developing, evaluating, and advocating for impactful biosecurity policies aimed at reducing extreme biological risks.

Jan 26, 2024

We are hiring for a freelance Communications Contractor (applications closed)

The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR) is recruiting a freelance Communications Contractor.

Dec 21, 2023

Response to the National Resilience Framework Implementation Update

On 4 December, the UK Government released its 2023 Implementation Update to the UK Government Resilience Framework, published in December last year. In our original response to the Framework, we commended it as a welcome first step, while also identifying six areas for further improvement. 

Dec 13, 2023

Reflections on the AI summit and fringe events

On the 1st and 2nd November, the UK government held the widely-anticipated AI Safety Summit. In this post, we share some reflections on the week and what we hope to see next.

Nov 14, 2023

We are hiring for a Director of Strategic Partnerships (Deadline 24 September)

We are excited to be recruiting a Director of Strategic Partnerships as a core part of our senior team.

Sep 4, 2023

Our work related to the UK AI Safety Summit

The UK government has committed to holding an international summit on AI safety at Bletchley Park this November.

Aug 30, 2023

Response to the National Risk Register 2023

The Government has published the National Risk Register 2023 (NRR ‘23), which follows previous versions in 2017 and 2020 and is the eighth edition since the first publication in 2008.

Aug 3, 2023

Paper launch: “Frontier AI Regulation: Managing Emerging Risks to Public Safety”

The past 6 months have seen rapid advances in the capabilities of general-purpose AI systems, often called “foundation models”.

Jul 10, 2023