AI safety with the subaltern in mind

Nairobi, Kenya
Joined June 2022
A recent @AfUncensored newsletter piece on the use of AI in Kenyan healthcare cites AI risk research conducted by our Research Scholar Gathoni Ireri @gathoni_ireri. Read the piece here: thesignal815.substack.com/p/…
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We're pleased to announce that our Research Editor Faith Gakii @FaithGaks is joining Legal Safety Lab as a Visiting Research Fellow. She will work with the team on the potential of corporate governance as a lever for AI safety across the compute supply chain.
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We're pleased to welcome to our team a new Junior Research Scholar, Elvis Mogesa @mogesa_elvis. Alongside his role at ILINA, Elvis will be a Visiting Research Fellow with the Legal Safety Lab, where he will work on how best to leverage EU legal frameworks to advance AI safety.
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We're glad to report that our Safety Evaluations Head @gathoni_ireri actively participated in the Delphi process of Evals Consensus evals-consensus.ai/ We're looking forward to the results of the process.
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In a new Research Report, our Research Associate @MarieIrad highlights how key stakeholders can improve the monitoring of AI impacts and incidents in Africa. Read the full report here: ilinaprogram.org/ilina_progr…
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In collaboration with our partners UCT AI Initiative, AI Safety South Africa, and Action Lab Africa, we recently prepared and submitted written feedback for the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance. You can read our joint written submission here: ilinaprogram.org/Written_Inp…
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Our Junior Research Scholar @md_wachira will be presenting at the University of Cape Town this week ⬇️
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We're excited that our Program Manager, Natalie Gitau, is now also Operations Assistant at the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative. In this new role, Natalie will be working with some of the best operations professionals in the field to support a range of AI safety organisations
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Today we hosted a Work in Progress session in which @thefuturesoc's AI Security Policy Associate George Gor presented his research and thinking about AI incident monitoring.
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On Friday March 20, we hosted a fireside chat featuring AI Safety Policy Analyst Abra Ganz in conversation with our Research Associate Marie Iradukunda. We're thankful to all those who signed up for and attended the session.
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Today we had an oratory skills workshop run by AI Safety Policy Analyst Abra Ganz and Dr. Colin Donnelly, Associate Professor at @UniofOxford. Team members received training on how to build and give an oral policy-related presentation.
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Today we hosted a session in which AI safety policy analyst Abra Ganz, who is visiting with us, explained the state of AI whistleblower law and policy in the U.S. and beyond.
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If you're at the India AI Impact Summit, please join us for our co-organized session on Friday ⬇️ Session: Toward Collective Action — Roundtable on Safe & Trusted AI Date & Time: Friday, 20 February 2026 | 5:30 PM – 6:25 PM IST Location: Room 15, Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
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Today we had a work in progress session in which our Research Scholar @Raqda4 presented her current research on what AI developers publishing frontier AI system cards can learn from U.S. warning adequacy law.
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Today our team members were taken through a session on AI agents by Alex van Grootel @IAmGrootel. The session covered the current and future capabilities and diffusion of AI agents.
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At the upcoming India AI Impact Summit, we will be co-organizing an Africa roundtable on AI Safety with Tech Governance Project and AI Safety South Africa. If you’d like to attend, please RSVP here: luma.com/fhwfpooo
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