xAI
AI Engineer & Researcher - Safety & Societal Impact
xAI, Palo Alto, California, United States, 94306
AI Engineer & Researcher - Safety & Societal Impact
AI Engineer & Researcher - Safety & Societal Impact
3 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants xAI is seeking talented researchers and engineers to improve the safety of our AI systems and ensure that they are maximally beneficial for society. In this role, you will develop novel evaluations and red teaming mechanisms to understand any safety limitations of our frontier AI systems. You will improve our risk management framework and our AI systems based on new evaluation results. You will develop data collection and model improvement strategies to mitigate foreseeable societal or safety risks from increasingly intelligent systems. Depending on your focus, you may work with policy or legal teams to translate non-technical guidelines into technical problems. Candidates for this role may focus on one or more of the following: Evaluating and improving AI systems’ truthfulness to counter AI misinformation; Evaluating and mitigating AI systems’ political and social biases; Evaluating and mitigating AI systems’ safety risks along the axes of chemical security, biosecurity, cybersecurity, and nuclear safety; Evaluating and improving the safety profile of agentic and autonomous systems. The ideal candidate has experience studying the societal impact, safety risks, or security risks of frontier AI systems, has background and experience leading empirical research on frontier AI systems, has good engineering skills and are data- and evidence-driven, is a team player, and is willing to pick up new skills to get the job done. The tech stack includes Python and JAX. The interview process includes a phone interview followed by four technical interviews covering coding, safety & societal impact, post-training technical skills, and a presentation of past work and vision. The role is based in the Bay Area (San Francisco and Palo Alto), and candidates are expected to be located near the Bay Area or open to relocation. Benefits include equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks. Seniority level
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AI Engineer & Researcher - Safety & Societal Impact
3 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants xAI is seeking talented researchers and engineers to improve the safety of our AI systems and ensure that they are maximally beneficial for society. In this role, you will develop novel evaluations and red teaming mechanisms to understand any safety limitations of our frontier AI systems. You will improve our risk management framework and our AI systems based on new evaluation results. You will develop data collection and model improvement strategies to mitigate foreseeable societal or safety risks from increasingly intelligent systems. Depending on your focus, you may work with policy or legal teams to translate non-technical guidelines into technical problems. Candidates for this role may focus on one or more of the following: Evaluating and improving AI systems’ truthfulness to counter AI misinformation; Evaluating and mitigating AI systems’ political and social biases; Evaluating and mitigating AI systems’ safety risks along the axes of chemical security, biosecurity, cybersecurity, and nuclear safety; Evaluating and improving the safety profile of agentic and autonomous systems. The ideal candidate has experience studying the societal impact, safety risks, or security risks of frontier AI systems, has background and experience leading empirical research on frontier AI systems, has good engineering skills and are data- and evidence-driven, is a team player, and is willing to pick up new skills to get the job done. The tech stack includes Python and JAX. The interview process includes a phone interview followed by four technical interviews covering coding, safety & societal impact, post-training technical skills, and a presentation of past work and vision. The role is based in the Bay Area (San Francisco and Palo Alto), and candidates are expected to be located near the Bay Area or open to relocation. Benefits include equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks. Seniority level
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Employment type Full-time Job function
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