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AI Verification - A Role of Middle Powers

8 July 2026 · 12:13 pm–12:18 pm · Cullen

Mechanisms to verify agreements about AI systems could be important for enabling international coordination and middle power oversight into foreign datacenters. This talk will cover why AI verification matters and what role countries like Australia could play in enabling it.

Speaker

Zac Richardson
Special Projects Manager, AI Verification, Singapore AI Safety Hub
Zac is Special Projects Manager at Singapore AI Safety Hub (SASH), a civil society organisation positioning Singapore as a bridge between Chinese and western policy communities. Zac leads SASH's AI verification work, which focuses on prototyping verification tools. He's also a Research Manager at the ERA Fellowship, focused on AI Hardware. Previously he was a GovAI Winter Fellow and three years at 80,000 Hours on the Career Advising team doing program management and ops. Zac is based in Darwin, NT.

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