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Zac Richardson

Zac Richardson

Special Projects Manager, AI Verification, Singapore AI Safety Hub

About

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.

Non-profit / NGOEarly career / PhD (0-5 years)Law/policy/governance

Speaking at AI Safety Forum 2026

AI Verification - A Role of Middle Powers

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

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.