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Dan Hendrycks

Dan Hendrycks leads research and executive work at the Center for AI Safety. The 2024 CAIS Action Fund return names him as president of that separate organisation, while his professional biography also lists advisory roles with xAI and Scale AI.

Research and organisational roles

The CAIS biography identifies his leadership role, and the Action Fund filing supplies a separate officer relationship. His advisory descriptions do not disclose compensation, terms or decision rights. Hendrycks also coauthored the 2023 AI Deception paper with Aidan O’Gara, which discusses authentication and disclosure approaches. A proposal in that paper is evidence of a research position, not that either author drafted Australian identity policy or advisory clients adopted it.

What the records show

Dan HendrycksAI Deception paper

Coauthor

2023

Named author on the 2023 AI Deception paper, alongside Aidan O’Gara. The recommendations do not establish participation in Australian identity policy.

Dan HendrycksCenter for AI Safety

Executive / research director

Observed 2026-09-05

Current organization biography at cutoff.

Further reading

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What the connections say

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