Ajeya Cotra
METR technical staff working on threat modeling and risk assessment; lead of METR's 2026 Frontier Risk Report
Ajeya Cotra is on the technical staff at METR, where Cotra works on threat modeling and risk assessment for loss-of-control risks from advanced AI. Cotra was the report lead for METR's Frontier Risk Report covering February to March 2026, a pilot assessment of misalignment risks from AI agents used inside frontier AI developers, carried out with participation from Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI. Before METR, Cotra held several roles at Coefficient Giving, including heading its technical AI safety program in 2024.132
Work
Frontier Risk Report (February to March 2026) (external site: metr.org)Published research
Listed as report lead in the writing credits and as a contributor to company engagement for METR's pilot assessment of rogue-deployment and misalignment risks from AI agents used inside frontier AI developers.31
Earlier roles
- Several roles, including heading the technical AI safety program in 2024, Coefficient Giving1
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