Jade Leung — on the record

Jade Leung

Chief Technology Officer of the UK AI Security Institute and, since August 2025, the Prime Minister’s AI adviser, who runs government evaluations of frontier models for cyber, biological and loss-of-control risks and argues that public bodies, not developers, must judge them.

Roles

2018 – presentCo-founder and Head of Research and Partnerships, Centre for the Governance of AI, University of OxfordStart year not independently verified.Source →
2021 – Oct 2023Governance Lead, OpenAISource →
Oct 2023 – presentChief Technology Officer, UK AI Safety Institute (renamed AI Security Institute in February 2025)Founding CTO; designs and oversees pre-deployment evaluations of frontier models.Source →
Aug 2025 – presentAI Adviser to the Prime Minister, 10 Downing StreetSucceeded Matt Clifford; splits her time between Number 10 and the AI Security Institute.Source →

On the record

Nov 2024 · Post · AI Safety Institute blog
These evaluations give governments an insight into the risks developing at the frontier of AI, and an empirical basis to decide if, when, and how to intervene.
Chief Technology Officer, UK AI Safety Institute (renamed AI Security Institute in February 2025) at the time
Co-written with AISI director Oliver Illott in a November 2024 blog post; quoted verbatim by TIME on 16 January 2025.
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5 Sept 2024 · Interview · TIME
You really want a public interest body that is genuinely representing people to be making those decisions.
Chief Technology Officer, UK AI Safety Institute (renamed AI Security Institute in February 2025) at the time
On who should decide whether a frontier model is safe to release.
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