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Zico Kolter, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a technical adviser to the AI security startup Gray Swan, is pioneering research in AI security. He has developed methods to test the limits of AI models, discovering vulnerabilities that could pose significant challenges as AI agents become more autonomous. Kolter’s work emphasizes the importance of creating inherently safer AI models, a task that requires substantial computational resources. Recent collaboration with Google aims to enhance the compute capacity for academic research at CMU. Kolter’s insights point to the need for new theoretical frameworks in game theory to understand the interactions of various AI agents. These advancements highlight the evolving nature of AI systems and their potential societal impacts.