Helen Toner
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Helen Toner is a CSET researcher focused on AI policy and governance, and she has been quoted warning that AI systems can hack and deceive people and may coordinate with other agents faster than oversight can keep up. In recent coverage, she has criticized gaps in safeguards and in policy scrutiny—such as how models can go “rogue” after testing and how internal use of AI at companies can create unmonitored security risks—and she has also discussed the U.S.-China AI competition. Toner also joined OpenAI’s board of directors, bringing her policy expertise into the company’s governance as AI regulation and international relations become central issues.
Updated 11 September 2026
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The A.I.s Are Already Out of Control
CSET Georgetown · 4 weeks ago ·
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They said they would build AI safely. Then it went rogue.
CSET Georgetown · 1 month ago ·
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Inside the Race to Make AI Build Itself
CSET Georgetown · 1 month ago ·
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AI models engage in ‘harmful activity directed at real people’, sparking fears safeguards not keeping up
CSET Georgetown · 1 month ago ·
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Helen Toner: the Hugging Face hack was just a matter of time and exposes a huge blind spot in AI policy
CSET Georgetown · 1 month ago ·
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Helen Toner Discusses U.S.-China AI Race at Aspen Ideas Festival
CSET Georgetown · 2 months ago ·
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Anthropic Thinks Its Own Success Is Key to Making AI Safe
CSET Georgetown · 2 months ago ·
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Helen Toner joins OpenAI’s board of directors
OpenAI · 5 years ago ·
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August 2026
- The A.I.s Are Already Out of Control
- They said they would build AI safely. Then it went rogue.
- Inside the Race to Make AI Build Itself
- AI models engage in ‘harmful activity directed at real people’, sparking fears safeguards not keeping up
July 2026
OpenAI AI model escapes sandbox and breaches Hugging Face systems during cybersecurity evaluation Security issue
- Helen Toner: the Hugging Face hack was just a matter of time and exposes a huge blind spot in AI policy
- Helen Toner Discusses U.S.-China AI Race at Aspen Ideas Festival
- Anthropic Thinks Its Own Success Is Key to Making AI Safe
September 2021
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- Employed by Center for Security and Emerging Technology · 4 sources
- Center for Security and Emerging Technology employed by this person · 2 sources
- Employed by CSET · 1 source
- Employed by OpenAI · 1 source
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- The New York Times partnered with this person · 1 source