Cas (Stephen Casper) is a final-year Computer Science PhD student at MIT, graduating in May 2026.
He leads a research stream for MATS and mentors for ERA and GovAI. He is also a writer for the International AI Safety Report and the Singapore Consensus. His research focuses on AI safeguards and governance, with research featured at NeurIPS, AAAI, Nature, FAccT, EMNLP, SaTML, TMLR, IASEAI, a number of workshops, and over 30 press articles and newsletters. His work while at Berkman Klein will focus on understanding and resolving technical challenges with emerging AI governance institutions and frameworks. You can find more information on his Google Scholar and website.