Tao is a Non-Resident Fellow at IFP, where he focuses on artificial intelligence policy.
Tao is also a Junior Research Scientist at New York University, where he researches how people will interact with future advanced AI. Tao previously worked on compute governance as a Fellow at the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy, and on human-robot interaction as a Research Assistant at Brown University’s Sloman Lab.
Tao holds a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Decision Sciences with security and data specializations from Brown.