person

Elizabeth Kelly
Founding director of the US AI Safety Institute
Deputy assistant to the president for economic policy who became the founding director of the US AI Safety Institute at NIST after the October 2023 AI Executive Order.
past Director, US AI Safety Institute (NIST); Special Assistant to the President, National Economic Council
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Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimesFramed the US AI Safety Institute's mission around 'advancing the science of AI safety' via evaluations, red-teaming, and international coordination.
“Safety enables trust, which enables adoption, which enables innovation.”
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.