Chris Mburu Kihereko

Chris Kihereko is an alum based out of Nairobi, Kenya. He currently serves as a researcher at AI Safety Camp and the Oxford Biosecurity Group. Chris is a fellow at the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness, where he collaborated with Human Rights Watch on the Right to Work in Older Age project.

Previously, he served as a Research Team Member at The Centre for AI and Digital Policy, focusing on various aspects of AI and Digital Policy, such as ethics, legal frameworks, and societal impact.

Chris is a recipient of the Mckinsey Forward Program Fellowship and the Aspire Leaders Program Fellowship. As a lawyer, Chris holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree from the University of Nairobi and is currently pursuing a Post Graduate Diploma in Law at the Kenya School of Law. He has obtained certifications in Financial Analysis (FMVA) from the Corporate Finance Institute, Software Engineering from ALX, and Google Cloud Engineering from the Google Africa Developer Scholarship program. Additionally, he has a certificate in Science and Human Rights from the Global Campus on Human Rights.

He aims to conduct research focusing on identifying new and improving existing AI governance policy recommendations.

His interests center on responsible research norms in AI, particularly on projects exploring the potential consequences of AI leading to extreme inequality and power concentration. Additionally, he is researching AI risk with a special focus on the unique challenges faced by countries in the global south.