Alan Cooney

Alan Cooney leads the Autonomous Systems team within the UK's AI Safety Institute. His team is responsible for assessing the capabilities and risks of Frontier AI systems released by AI labs such as OpenAI, Google and Anthropic. Prior to working in AI safety, he was an investment consultant and start-up founder, with his company Skyhook being acquired in 2023. He was mentored by Google DeepMind researcher Neel Nanda in the MATS Autumn 2022 cohort.