Research

I’m an independent AI safety researcher based in London, focused on understanding and evaluating the behaviour of large language models. My current work explores self-attribution bias, reasoning amplification for safety auditing, and the limits of LLM-based lie detection.

I built the Factorio Learning Environment, an open-ended benchmark for evaluating LLM agents in complex, unbounded scenarios. I’m also a MATS scholar, where I have studied deceptive behaviour in language models.

Before moving into safety research, I co-founded two startups: Paperplane (YC W23), a conversational intelligence platform, and Spherical Defence, an API security company. I studied Computer Science at Cambridge (MPhil, Distinction) and Royal Holloway, University of London (BSc, 1st Class).

Outside of research, I once rowed across the Atlantic Ocean in 40 days and launched a gin company (Northwest Passage Expedition Gin) during COVID.