Co-Creator, Human-Centered AI Curriculum · Founding Co-Director, AI CoLab · Kenyon College

Jon A. Chun

Jon A. Chun

AI research scientist specializing in LLM security evaluation, multi-agent systems, and applied ML. Hands-on implementation from GPT-2 (2019) through contemporary LLMs. PI for Schmidt Sciences; PI representing the 25,000-member MLA at the US AI Safety Institute (NIST CAISI). Published in ICML, ACL EMNLP, Frontiers in Computer Science, and Narrative, with 10 papers under review at top-tier 2026 venues. Created SentimentArcs, an open-source methodology adopted globally. Prior industry: co-founded SafeWeb ($26M acquisition by Symantec; first In-Q-Tel security investment); two US patents.

NIST CAISI
Principal Investigator
Representing MLA · LLM red/blue team testing
Schmidt Sciences
PI & AI Architect
1 of 23 worldwide · Archival Intelligence
ICML 2024
Oral Presentation
Top 2% · Open-source generative AI
SafeWeb → Symantec
Co-Founder & CEO
$26M acquisition · First In-Q-Tel security investment

95k+
Downloads of mentored student research from 4,000+ institutions worldwide
22
Papers published or under review at top-tier venues (2026)
2
US patents on network security (Symantec)
5
Languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, French, Chinese

By the numbers

Research
22 Papers
Published or under review at ICML, ACL EMNLP, FAccT, UAI, CogSci, TMLR, Frontiers, and more.
Most Cited
362+ Citations
"Can GPT-3 Pass a Writer's Turing Test?" — Journal of Cultural Analytics, 2020.
Global Impact
95,000+ Downloads
SentimentArcs adopted by 4,000+ institutions across 198 countries for computational humanities research.
Industry
$26M Exit
SafeWeb acquired by Symantec. First In-Q-Tel security investment. Two US patents.