EventsFire PIT Chat with Yo Shavit, Frontier AI Safety Policy Lead, OpenAI
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Fire PIT Chat with Yo Shavit, Frontier AI Safety Policy Lead, OpenAI

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headshot of man with short brown hair and light skin with beard and mustache smilingJoin Penn’s Public Interest Technology initiative online for a discussion with Mr. Yo Shavit, Frontier AI Safety Policy Lead at OpenAI. We will discuss the intersection of law, technology, and public policy, what it is like to work on issues that are at the forefront of many public policy debates, and the lessons he has learned about working across the diverse perspectives represented in these debates.

Fire PIT Chats are small-group discussions to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate. You can request to participate in the discussion using the linked form. Space is kept open for students across all of Penn’s schools. If you would like to receive information about future Fire PIT Chats, let us know here.

About Yo Shavit

Yo Shavit is the Frontier AI Safety Policy lead at OpenAI, where he works on identifying the public policy implications of OpenAI’s latest technical breakthroughs. He received his PhD in Computer Science from Harvard in 2023, and spent 2021-2022 working on AI policy at Schmidt Futures.

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