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Matthew Gentzel

Freelance Writer

Matthew Gentzel, who co-leads Longview Philanthropy’s nuclear weapons policy program, has worked as a policy researcher with OpenAI, as an analyst in the US Department of Defense’s Innovation Steering Group, and as a director of research and analysis at the US National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.

Latest articles by Matthew Gentzel

Future Perfect
It’s time for a new atomic altruismIt’s time for a new atomic altruism
Future Perfect

Philanthropies are pulling back from programs meant to address the risk of nuclear war — at precisely the wrong moment.

By Matthew Gentzel and Christian Ruhl