Michael Sellitto

Michael Sellitto is the interim Head of Policy and Societal Impacts at Anthropic, an AI safety and research company, and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Prior to joining Anthropic, Michael was the founding Deputy Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), which is dedicated to advancing AI research, education, policy, and practice to improve the human condition. He also co-chaired the OECD AI Network of Experts working group on National AI Policies. From 2015-2018, Michael served in the White House as Director for Cybersecurity Policy on the National Security Council. He led international engagement on cybersecurity policy and strategy, promoted international adoption of a framework for strategic stability in cyberspace, and advanced issues related to the digital economy and Internet governance. Before that, Michael served as Special Assistant to then-Deputy Secretaries of State William J. Burns and Antony Blinken.