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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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How to turn the UK into ‘resilient Britain’
Overhauling central government and following the lead of big business will help us face complex risks.
Letter: Whitehall is ill-prepared for the risks Britain faces
Read our letter in The Financial Times
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.
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.
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.
We are hiring for a freelance Communications Contractor (applications closed)
The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR) is recruiting a freelance Communications Contractor.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.