Michael Chen Announces AI Policy Research Mentorship

Michael L. Chen posted that he will serve as an AI policy research mentor for the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative's Fall 2026 Research Fellowship and MATS Winter 2027. He included the application deadline of September 6. The post describes Chen as working on AI policy and governance at METR while supporting AI safety frameworks for model developers. It also notes his part-time PhD at Oxford in technical AI governance. The announcement stands as a first-party statement from Chen about his own upcoming roles.