Chris Painter

Chris Painter is President of METR, a nonprofit research organization that evaluates frontier AI models to measure their capabilities and catastrophic risks. He leads engagement with governments and AI labs on frontier AI safety and has helped shape industry Frontier Safety Policies. Previously, he served as Director of Policy at METR, a Technology and National Security Fellow at the DoD's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, and founding Head of Operations at the biotechnology startup Alvea.