12 Facts About Helen Toner

Helen Toner is an Australian researcher, and the director of strategy at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology.

Helen Toner was a board member of OpenAI when CEO Sam Altman was fired.

Helen Toner was born in 1992 in Melbourne, Australia to two doctors.

Helen Toner participated in UN Youth, an organization that provides student engagement in international diplomacy simulations.

Helen Toner was introduced to the effective altruism movement while a university student in Melbourne.

In January 2019, Helen Toner was appointed as the director of strategy of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology think tank with the Walsh School at Georgetown University in Washington, DC CSET was established through a $55 million over five years grant to Georgetown by Open Philanthropy.

Helen Toner continued her work at CSET, advising policymakers on AI policy and strategy, during and after her tenure on the board of OpenAI.

Helen Toner studied China's AI industry and has co-written articles in Foreign Affairs.

Altman reportedly called Helen Toner and said that her paper "could cause problems" due to the Federal Trade Commission's investigation into OpenAI's data collection.

In late 2021, Helen Toner was invited by Holden Karnofsky to replace him on the board of OpenAI.

Helen Toner claimed that the board hadn't been informed about the launch of ChatGPT, and found out about its release through the social media platform Twitter.

Helen Toner is married to a German scientist and has one child.