Associate General Counsel AI Biosecurity amp Emerging Technologies

Associate General Counsel, AI, Biosecurity, & Emerging Technologies
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** SIGN UP NOW***.’s Center on AI, Security, and Technology (CAST) and the person our technical teams turn to as they tackle novel, fast-moving challenges where the precedent is thin and the stakes are high. This is a hands-on role for someone with an operator’s mindset—comfortable reasoning through legal ambiguity, owning problems end to end, and building legal infrastructure from the ground up.

You will report directly to
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We are intellectually curious, creative legal professionals who are tireless advocates for
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** SIGN UP NOW***. researchers leverage and evaluate the most advanced frontier AI capabilities in tackling the world’s most complex public policy challenges, our team has fully adopted leading edge AI legal tools to enhance and advance our legal services – with continuous exploration of new capabilities and a willingness to challenge longstanding assumptions and practices. We combine this with high levels of engagement across the organization and collaboration within the team and with the people we support, enabling us to confidently provide thoughtful, practical, and actionable advice at the speed of a fast-moving organization.

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** SIGN UP NOW***. CAST's mission is to understand and address emerging threats to global security, in particular biosecurity and AI security. We believe that biotechnology and frontier AI will be among the most powerful and transformative technologies of the coming decades, and that addressing the risks that accompany them is one of today's most pressing challenges. CAST’s work focuses on understanding these threats and developing concrete solutions to counter them, from technical analysis through to engagement with the stakeholders positioned to act.

The primary responsibilities of this role include:

• Partnering with technical teams to structure and support active programs, develop operational guidelines, and work through novel legal questions at the intersection of national security, technology, and emerging capabilities;
• Drafting and negotiating agreements with government and research partnersas well as industry, including research agreements, data-sharing and data-handling arrangements, licensing agreements, NDAs, and technology contracts;
• Counseling on technology transactions and emerging technology matters, including artificial intelligence, digital assets, data acquisition, data use, and related privacy considerations;
• Supporting engagement with U.S. Government and allied government partners, including work involving sensitive and classified information;
• Advising on information…