Evan Osnos

AI position

Aware of x-risk

Hosted a MIRI leader on AI safety and regulation once on his podcast.

Why influential

Has access to decision-makers and can set elite understanding through scoops, sourcing and authoritative framing in a major newsroom. Primary policy lanes: china; white house; political culture; foreign policy.

Who pays attention

Diplomats, academics, cultural institutions, policymakers, editors and globally focused readers

Work samples

• Washington Roundtable: Is Washington Up to the Challenge of A.I.?

  Apr 1, 2026 · podcast

  Political Scene Washington Roundtable segment featuring Nate Soares (MIRI) on AI safety, the White House's AI-safety executive order reversal, and VC influence in AI; primary newyorker.com episode URL could not be located, using best available secondary page describing the episode.

• Wired's Katie Drummond on What the Tech Titans Learned from DOGE

  Jul 25, 2025 · podcast

  Osnos interviews Wired's editorial director on Silicon Valley's relationship with the Trump White House; Drummond is a journalist, not an AI-world person, so not logged as a touchpoint.

• The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich

  Jun 17, 2025 · article

  Book collecting Osnos's New Yorker essays on the ultrarich, including tech tycoons; not AI-safety focused.

• Evan Osnos articles archive

  Jan 1, 2026 · article

  Aggregator listing of Osnos's recent New Yorker output; used for orientation, not a specific piece.

AI-world contacts

• Nate Soares — Executive Director; co-author of 'If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies', Machine Intelligence Research Institute

  • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified — AI-safety researcher hosted on Osnos's Political Scene podcast to discuss AI regulation and existential risk.