Daniel Kokotajlo is the Executive Director of AI Futures Project, a nonprofit research group that forecasts the future of AI. Prior to his role as Executive Director, he worked as a governance researcher at OpenAI on scenario planning. In 2024, Kokotajlo resigned from OpenAI and refused to sign the company’s non-disparagement clause which forbade employees from criticizing the company. When he left OpenAI, he called for better transparency of top AI companies. He, along with other OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees, signed a letter calling for the “right to warn” about the dangers of AI without fear of reprisal. Kokotajlo was listed on Time100 Most Influential People in AI 2024.