EngageEventsFire PIT Chat with Yo Shavit, Frontier AI Safety Policy Lead, OpenAI
Past Event

Fire PIT Chat with Yo Shavit, Frontier AI Safety Policy Lead, OpenAI

Register

headshot of man with short brown hair and light skin with beard and mustache smilingJoin Penn’s Public Interest Technology initiative online for a discussion with Mr. Yo Shavit, Frontier AI Safety Policy Lead at OpenAI. We will discuss the intersection of law, technology, and public policy, what it is like to work on issues that are at the forefront of many public policy debates, and the lessons he has learned about working across the diverse perspectives represented in these debates.

Fire PIT Chats are small-group discussions to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate. You can request to participate in the discussion using the linked form. Space is kept open for students across all of Penn’s schools. If you would like to receive information about future Fire PIT Chats, let us know here.

About Yo Shavit

Yo Shavit is the Frontier AI Safety Policy lead at OpenAI, where he works on identifying the public policy implications of OpenAI’s latest technical breakthroughs. He received his PhD in Computer Science from Harvard in 2023, and spent 2021-2022 working on AI policy at Schmidt Futures.

Other Events of Interest

image of church where interfaith event will take place
Sep 9

Political Empathy and Religious Pluralism

Can empathy, an ability to stand in the other person’s shoes, change how we perceive those who worship and vote differently than we do?… Learn More
image of hand holding an American flag waving agains a cloudy sky
Sep 18

America250: Understanding the First Amendment, media, civic literacy and engagement as building blocks of a more perfect union

The American idea (and ideal) has been enshrined through various mythologies about free expression, democracy and the power of the people.… Learn More