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Personnel: Richard Ngo at Google DeepMind (AI Safety Researcher)

Verdictpartial85%
1 check · 7/27/2026

1 → partial

Our claim

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Role
AI Safety Researcher
Role Type
key-person
Start Date
2020
End Date
2022
Is Founder
No
Notes
AI safety researcher (2020-2022); author of 'AGI safety from first principles' (2020) and 'The Alignment Problem from a Deep Learning Perspective' (ICLR 2024).

Source evidence

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partial85%Haiku 4.5 · 7/27/2026

NoteThe source confirms Richard Ngo's past employment at DeepMind in a safety-related role, which aligns with the core claim. However, several details are unverifiable: (1) The source says 'DeepMind', not 'Google DeepMind' — while Google acquired DeepMind in 2014, the source does not explicitly use the 'Google DeepMind' branding; (2) The source says 'research engineer on the AGI safety team', not the exact title 'AI Safety Researcher' — these are semantically similar but not identical; (3) The source provides no dates (startDate: 2020, endDate: 2022) — these cannot be verified from the excerpt. The record is partially confirmed in substance but lacks temporal and organizational branding specificity that the source does not provide.

Case № DMkp000014Filed 7/27/2026Confidence 85%
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