AI Cyber Threat Researcher (OSINT)

Highlights

• Hunt AI agent incidents in the wild before anyone else finds them.
• Build honeypots and sensors to detect rogue agent traffic.
• Feed incident findings directly to policymakers shaping AI governance.

What they offer

• Help define systematic AI incident discovery as a new field
• Findings directly inform governments and AI companies
• Small team, minimal bureaucracy, direct researcher collaboration
• Flexible part-time or full-time contracting, fully remote

Ideal candidate

Excellent OSINT or threat investigator who thrives in ambiguity and moves fast independently. Curious about AI agents and motivated to surface real-world evidence that shapes AI safety and policy.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience in OSINT, cyber threat intelligence, threat hunting, or trust and safety investigations
• Ability to pivot on indicators and connect weak signals across disparate public sources
• Technical literacy in web infrastructure, log and dataset analysis, and scripting in Python or similar
• Rigour in evidence handling and writing clear, well-sourced reports for technical and policy audiences
• Comfort working fast and independently in ambiguous, new problem areas