Nora Ammann

London, UK

Bio

Updated 03/23/26

Nora Ammann is an AI safety researcher and field-builder currently serving as Technical Specialist for the Safeguarded AI programme at ARIA (UK's Advanced Research & Invention Agency), a ~£59M R&D initiative focused on building technical foundations for independently verifiable AI safety guarantees. She co-founded and directed PIBBSS (Principles of Intelligent Behaviour in Biological and Social Systems) from 2021 until Spring 2024, a research initiative that raised over $2M and supported approximately 50 research fellows by drawing on parallels between intelligent behavior in biological, social, and artificial systems to advance AI alignment. She continues her involvement with PIBBSS (now rebranded as Principles of Intelligence) as President of the Board. Her research background spans political theory, complex systems, and philosophy of science; she is a PhD student in Philosophy and AI with the Alignment of Complex Systems group at Charles University and a Foresight Fellow. She previously worked as a Research Manager at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford and as a Research Affiliate at the Alignment of Complex Systems research group.