What I learnt co-leading an AI Safety bootcamp for legal and governance practitioners
Summary
This article discusses a European bootcamp on AI safety tailored for legal and governance professionals, highlighting the need for technical literacy among non-technical decision-makers and the value of cross-disciplinary collaboration. It describes cohort composition, practical sessions on frontier AI pipelines, and early post-program actions showing uptake of AI safety practices. The piece argues that aligning market and policy incentives with safety is essential and that lawyers, governance and risk professionals can drive safer AI deployment.