Miles's Substack

Miles's Substack is the personal newsletter of Miles Brundage, an independent AI policy researcher with over a decade of experience at the intersection of AI capabilities and governance. Brundage launched the newsletter in October 2024 after leaving OpenAI, where he had served from 2018 to 2024 in roles including Research Scientist on the Policy team, Head of Policy Research, and Senior Advisor for AGI Readiness. Before OpenAI, Brundage was a Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford (2016-2018). He holds a PhD in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology from Arizona State University (2019) and a BA in Political Science from George Washington University. His academic work was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Bipartisan Policy Center, and the Future of Life Institute. The newsletter covers topics including AI safety and security frameworks, frontier AI auditing and oversight, regulatory approaches to AI development, international AI governance, and the intersection of AI capabilities advancement with policy responsiveness. Brundage advocates a pragmatic approach to AI governance, prioritizing prevention of worst-case scenarios. The publication has grown to over 4,200 subscribers and does not charge for subscriptions. In January 2026, Brundage announced the launch of AVERI (AI Verification and Evaluation Research Institute), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit think tank he co-founded focused on making third-party auditing of frontier AI systems effective and universal. The Substack served as his primary independent research platform in the period between leaving OpenAI and launching AVERI, and continues to be his personal writing venue. He also serves as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Institute for Progress and advises Epoch AI and the RAND Corporation.