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By Shirin Ghaffary and Oma Seddiq

February 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM EST

The top official at the US AI Safety Institute is stepping down, raising new uncertainty about the future of a key government group focused on artificial intelligence under the Trump administration.

Elizabeth Kelly, the director of the safety institute and a face of US AI policy on the world stage, is set to leave her position by the end of the week, according to people familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private information.