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Markus Anderljung

Markus Anderljung is a policy researcher who studies how governments and AI companies can manage the transition to advanced AI. After completing his studies at Cambridge, he became full-time General Secretary of Effektiv Altruism Sweden in December 2017. In July 2023 he was first author of "Frontier AI Regulation: Managing Emerging Risks to Public Safety", a 24-author paper submitted to arXiv. From 2024 to 2025 he served as one of the vice-chairs drafting the EU's General-Purpose AI Code of Practice. As of October 2026, he is Director of Policy and Research at GovAI, the Centre for the Governance of AI.

Now at
Centre for the Governance of AI and Center for a New American Security
Works
51

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Timeline

  1. December 2017

    General Secretary of Effektiv Altruism Sweden

    In December 2017 he begins full-time work as General Secretary of Effektiv Altruism Sweden, after completing undergraduate and graduate studies at Cambridge.

  2. March 2023

    Adjunct fellow at CNAS

    In March 2023 the Center for a New American Security welcomes him as an adjunct fellow in its Technology and National Security Program.

  3. July 2023

    Frontier AI Regulation paper

    A 24-author paper, "Frontier AI Regulation: Managing Emerging Risks to Public Safety", places him first in its author list as it is submitted to arXiv in July 2023.

  4. 2024–2025

    Vice-chair on the EU code

    The EU's General-Purpose AI Code of Practice has chairs and vice-chairs who lead iterative discussions from October 2024 to April 2025, and he is one of the vice-chairs drafting it.

  5. 2025

    An essay on interactive evaluations

    With four colleagues, he co-authors "Towards Interactive Evaluations for Interaction Harms in Human-AI Systems" in 2025.

  6. As of October 2026

    Director of Policy and Research

    At GovAI, the Centre for the Governance of AI, he serves as Director of Policy and Research and leads research on how governments, AI companies, and other stakeholders can manage a transition to advanced AI.

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  1. CNAS Welcomes New Adjunct Fellow Markus Anderljung | CNAS cnas.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. How can you contribute to a better world – Effective Altruism with Markus Anderljung May 30 | Helio helio.se. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. [2307.03718] Frontier AI Regulation: Managing Emerging Risks to Public Safety arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Meet the Chairs leading the development of the first General-Purpose AI Code of Practice | Shaping Europe’s digital future digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Markus Anderljung | GovAI governance.ai. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Towards Interactive Evaluations for Interaction Harms in Human-AI Systems | Knight First Amendment Institute knightcolumbia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Markus Anderljung | Knight First Amendment Institute knightcolumbia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.