person
Saif M. Khan
Former NSC AI technology director
Former CSET researcher who served on the National Security Council staff as director for technology policy. Worked closely with Ben Buchanan on chip export controls.
current AI policy consultant, Independent
past Former Director for AI Technology, National Security Council
Strategy positions
Compute governanceendorses
Control flops via export controls, licensing, reportingHelped design chip export controls and frontier-compute reporting requirements.
Export controls on advanced AI chips are among the most consequential US technology policy decisions of the decade.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.