PM picks former OpenAI exec as new AI adviser

Jade Leung was governance lead at the company behind ChatGPT before moving to AI Security Institute
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By Tevye Markson

18 Aug 2025

Jade Leung, the chief technology officer at the AI Security Institute, has been appointed as the prime minister’s new artificial intelligence adviser. 

Leung replaces Matt Clifford, who left the role at the end of July for personal reasons. 

She will report directly to the prime minister, Keir Starmer, and science, innovation, and technology secretary Peter Kyle in the role, splitting her time between No.10 and the AI Security Institute.

In a press release announcing the appointment, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said: “As part of the role, she will work to position the UK as the leading nation to help unlock the benefits and prepare for the impacts of transformative AI, working closely with the prime minister to harness the technology as it delivers the strong foundations and economic growth which are central to the government’s Plan for Change.”

Leung was previously governance lead at OpenAI, the AI company behind ChatGPT. She left the firm in 2023 to become CTO at the then-newly formed AI Security Institute.

The AI Security Institute is part of DSIT. Its mission is to equip governments with a scientific understanding of the risks posed by advanced AI. It conducts research and develops and tests mitigations.

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