Technical Governance and Responsible AI Researcher, Cohere For AI

Who are we?

Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.

We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.

Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.

Join us on our mission and shape the future!

Why this role?

Cohere For AI is a state-of-the-art research lab that sets progress at the frontier of machine learning. We have a proven track record of top-tier publications and a commitment to cross-institutional high-impact collaboration. Learn more about our work here.

In addition to fundamental research, we contribute technical perspectives on questions at the core of AI development. This involves combining tools across fields, such as computer science economics and deep learning, to provide rigorous landscape analysis on open questions about responsible development in AI. The goal of this role is to help cultivate a better understanding of AI futures, and to support effective AI policy.

Our team works to provide a technically grounded perspective to shape advanced recommendations for the governance of artificial intelligence, informing how we can improve risk identification and mitigation throughout the model development and deployment lifecycle.

Please Note: We have offices in Toronto, San Francisco, New York, and London but embrace being remote-first! There are no restrictions on where you can be located for this role.

As a technical governance researcher, some of your core responsibilities will include:

• Executing on technical governance research, contributing to reports that provide technical perspectives on the state of AI.

• Run and analyze scientific experiments to advance our understanding of large language models and the ecosystem which large language models exist in.

• Build models, collect data and interpret results about specific aspects relating to the the state of AI, including varied questions like: inference time compute, traceability of open weights and watermarking, parsing evidence to-date to motivate prioritization of risks.

• Launch initiatives to steward public awareness of AI capabilities and their limitations through whitepapers, guides, workshops, gatherings, and courses.

• Communicate scientific findings with a wide audience that includes policymakers.

Some examples of past technical governance projects that have come out of Cohere For AI:

• Understanding of the viability of compute thresholds

• Assessing AI Biorisk - An evidence based assessement on prioritization of Biorisk

• Policy Primer - The AI Language Gap

• Open Problems in Technical AI Governance

• The Data Provenance Initiative: A Large Scale Audit of Dataset Licensing & Attribution in AI

You may be a good fit if you have:

• Technical contributions to governance topics, evidencing rigour and thorough evaluation.

• Executed experiments with rigour and have a strong scientific background. This role will require comfort in translating technical concepts into policy recommendations and discussing technical concepts with a general audience.

• An understanding of global public policy issues particularly with respect to AI policy.

• Ability to identify and analyze public policy developments, put them into context and identify scientific problems underlying policy discourse.

• Computer science degree, economics degree or equivalent technical experience. 

If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply! If you consider yourself a thoughtful worker, a lifelong learner, and a kind and playful team member, Cohere is the place for you.

We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.

Full-Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these Perks:

🤝 An open and inclusive culture and work environment 

🧑‍💻 Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research 

🍽 Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks

🦷 Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health 

🐣 100% Parental Leave top-up for 6 months for employees based in Canada, the US, and the UK

🎨 Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement

🏙 Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco and London and co-working stipend

✈️ 6 weeks of vacation

Note: This post is co-authored by both Cohere humans and Cohere technology.