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The Technology and Security Policy Center (TASP) within RAND’s Global and Emerging Risk Division is seeking mission-driven AI Research Project Specialists to contribute to research, analysis, or technical work at the intersection of artificial intelligence and national or global security. The successful candidate will engage in interdisciplinary projects that address the implications of frontier AI technologies, assisting in the development of policies to advance U.S. competitiveness and global security. This would include work in areas like AI capability evaluation, hardware export controls, technology talent flows, the geopolitics of AI, and defensive AI technologies.

This position offers the opportunity to contribute to high-stakes decision-making in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. Successful candidates will bring a combination of policy insight, technical understanding, and analytic capabilities to address some of the most pressing challenges in the AI policy space.

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