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Jade Leung

Jade Leung works on AI governance and safety, with a career that connects policy and technical evaluation of frontier models. She studied environmental engineering at Auckland, received a Cambridge scholarship for an MPhil in environmental policy, earned a Rhodes Scholarship, and completed an Oxford DPhil on AI governance. Her work includes co-founding GovAI, leading governance at OpenAI, and early-stage deep-tech investing at Apollo Projects before joining the UK AI Safety Institute in 2023. At the institute, she built technical capacity for frontier-model testing and evaluation; TIME included her in its 2024 list of influential people in AI. She became the Prime Minister’s AI adviser in 2025 and, as of October 2026, serves as Vice-Chair of the AI Security Institute and Security Advisor to the AI Taskforce, and as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution.

Now at
UK AI Security Institute and AI Taskforce
Works
9

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Timeline

  1. 2015–2016

    Engineering and a Rhodes Scholarship

    In 2015, she completes a Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honours in environmental engineering at the University of Auckland. She receives a scholarship for an MPhil in Environmental Policy at Cambridge and is named among the 2016 Rhodes scholars elect for Oxford.

  2. 2019–2020

    An Oxford DPhil on AI governance

    She completes an Oxford DPhil in 2019 with a thesis titled Who Will Govern Artificial Intelligence? Learning from the History of Strategic Politics in Emerging Technologies. In 2020, she co-authors Toward Trustworthy AI Development, a paper that calls for verifiable claims and outside scrutiny of AI development.

  3. By 2023

    GovAI and OpenAI governance

    She helps co-found and lead GovAI as Head of Research & Partnerships and serves as Governance Lead at OpenAI before joining the UK AI Safety Institute in October 2023. Her earlier work also includes a partnership at Apollo Projects, where she works on early-stage investing and deep-tech projects.

  4. 2023–2024

    Building frontier AI evaluations

    She joins the UK AI Safety Institute as Chief Technology Officer in October 2023. She builds its technical research team for frontier-model testing and evaluation as the institute releases Inspect, an open-source platform for AI safety evaluations, in 2024.

  5. 2024

    TIME100 AI recognition

    TIME includes her in its 2024 list of the 100 most influential people in AI.

  6. August 2025

    Adviser to the prime minister

    In August 2025, she becomes the Prime Minister’s AI adviser and splits her time between Number 10 and the AI Security Institute.

  7. Since September 2026

    AISI vice-chair and adviser

    Since September 2026, she serves as Vice-Chair of the AI Security Institute and Security Advisor to the AI Taskforce. She is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution.

Sources and credits

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  1. Rhodes scholars are leaders for the world’s future | Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara universitiesnz.ac.nz. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Seven “best brains” awarded post graduate scholarships | Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara universitiesnz.ac.nz. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. Who will govern artificial intelligence? Learning from the history of strategic politics in emerging technologies - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive ora.ox.ac.uk. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. [2004.07213] Toward Trustworthy AI Development: Mechanisms for Supporting Verifiable Claims arxiv.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Jade Leung | GovAI governance.ai. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Jade Leung (engineer) en.wikipedia.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. Jade Leung | Hoover Institution hoover.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  8. Fourth progress report | AISI Work aisi.gov.uk. Checked 14 October 2026.
  9. Appointment of Jade Leung as the Prime Minister’s AI adviser - GOV.UK gov.uk. Checked 14 October 2026.
  10. Dr Jade Leung appointed Vice-Chair of the AI Security Institute and Security Advisor to the AI Taskforce - GOV.UK gov.uk. Checked 14 October 2026.