Podcast Episode 7: AI Safety Standards For Frontier Models

Guest: James Gealy (Standardization Lead at SaferAI)

Description: In this episode, hosts Adam Leon Smith DEng FBCS and Michael Mainelli welcome James Gealy, Standardization Lead at SaferAI, a French NGO focused on AI risk modeling. James discusses SaferAI’s pioneering risk modeling work on how frontier models like Claude’s Mythos could amplify cyber threats, benchmark saturation, and real-world harms.

James also shares insights on his key standards roles, including editing ISO/IEC 42119 Part 8 on LLM benchmarking and red teaming, co-editing the European AI Risk Management Standard, and leading a new Preliminary Work Item on the safety of AI models, systems, and applications.