Richard Ngo

Richard Ngo is an independent AI researcher and philosopher focused on AI alignment, governance, and the long-term implications of advanced artificial intelligence. He previously worked on the Governance team at OpenAI and as a research engineer on the AGI Safety team at Google DeepMind.

His work explores how highly capable AI systems may develop unintended objectives, deceptive behavior, or incentives to acquire power, and he is also known for creating the Alignment Fundamentals curriculum, which has been widely used to introduce core ideas in AI safety and governance.

Ngo studied philosophy and computer science at the University of Oxford and later pursued graduate study at the University of Cambridge.