Eric Wallace


Hello! I am a researcher at OpenAI, where I work to make the next-generation of LLMs more safe, robust, and private. I am currently wrapping up my PhD at UC Berkeley with Dan Klein and Dawn Song.

Hello! I am a researcher at OpenAI, where I work to make the next-generation of LLMs more safe, robust, and private. I am currently wrapping up my PhD at UC Berkeley with Dan Klein and Dawn Song.

Feel free to reach out if you are interested in jobs at OpenAI, looking to disclose vulnerabilities of OpenAI models, or interested in our external red teaming program.

Current Work

At OpenAI, I work on safety and capabilities research for our models:

Research Interests

My PhD research focused on enhancing the security/privacy/robustness of ML, improving large language models, and the intersection of these topics. Some of my work includes:

Selected Publications

Here are a few of my representative papers. See my Google Scholar page for a complete list.

Teaching & Mentoring

I enjoy teaching and mentoring students, and I have been involved with multiple courses at Berkeley.