From AI Risk Advisor to Asylum Seeker open.substack.com/pub/syro001/...

Read my new piece: Spyware, Sovereignty, and Press Freedom open.substack.com/pub/syro001/...

His Majesty's Government will try to smear me and assassinate my character. Here's the record and the truth about who I really am. Read here: syro001.substack.com/p/before-the...

A TL;DR on what's happened. And reflections on our collective future from a former AI risk insider. Read here: syro001.substack.com/p/how-did-we...

They gave me bonuses. They sang my praises. They offered me promotions. Then, they retaliated against me. Read here: syro001.substack.com/p/before-the...

Tokyo Calling: The Letters After filing reports online, I had 12 letters hand delivered to desks across Japan's government, from MOFA to national intelligence. I’m an ex-UK gov AI risk advisor. I blew the whistle. They surveilled me. On Japanese soil. Read here: open.substack.com/pub/syro001/...

The Architect of Retaliation: An OSINT Autopsy of Emran Mian Part II dropped yesterday. From Civil Service diversity figurehead to covert intimidator. Shadow projection, surveillance, Beirut, betrayal. Read the full autopsy here: syro001.substack.com/p/the-archit...

NEW: The Architect of Retaliation — An OSINT Autopsy of Emran Mian (Part I) He tried to build a profile on me using state surveillance. So I built one on him. Using only open sources. This is where it begins. Read Part I here: medium.com/@syro001/the...

ORG claims they do "whatever it takes" to protect our human rights. When I came to them with a landmark AI ethics whistleblower case, they flinched. Read here: syro001.substack.com/p/open-right... @jim.social.openrightsgroup.org.ap.brid.gy @openrightsgroup.bsky.social @pamcowburn.bsky.social

Metadata surveillance. Debt retaliation. GCHQ intimidation. This is what 'ethical AI governance' looks like at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. @stellacreasy.bsky.social you need to look into this. syro001.substack.com/p/the-gchq-b... #ArtificialIntelligence

Metadata surveillance. Debt retaliation. GCHQ intimidation. This is what 'ethical AI governance' looks like at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. @naomiaklein.bsky.social you need to look into this. syro001.substack.com/p/the-gchq-b... #ArtificialIntelligence

I escalated with sincerity. Emran Mian replied with 'sympathy'. Then came silence, surveillance, and systemic retaliation. This is the cost of standing up for AI ethics. Read more here: syro001.substack.com/p/im-really-... #ArtificialIntelligenceCommunity #ArtificialIntelligence

@naomiaklein.bsky.social Metadata surveillance. Debt retaliation. GCHQ intimidation. This is what 'ethical' AI governance looks like according to the UK Government's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology syro001.substack.com/p/the-gchq-b...

They awarded me a bonus for my "brilliant work ethic". After I raised legitimate concerns upon my resignation, they erased me like I never existed." ⬇️ Read what happened when I raised legitimate concerns about ethical lapses in DSIT's AI risk team medium.com/@syro001/exh...

"It’s deeply frustrating that a public service organisation forces good, talented people out, who don’t fit the narrow mould. You are 100% right not to accept those standards" Read more on my Substack: syro001.substack.com/publish/post... #AIEthics #AISafety

"No one should have to work in an environment that is hostile and disrespectful, and I’m truly sorry that was the reality." Read corroboration of DSIT's Central AI Risk Function's hostile and dysfunctional environment from another colleauge: syro001.substack.com/p/dispatches...

My second piece is live. This isn't just about DSIT. It's about the collapse of ethics inside the very government team meant to prevent AI harms. Read it here: syro001.substack.com/p/dispatches... @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @goodlawproject.bsky.social

They called me "useless" to my face in a team meeting. Then, they asked me to lead on drafting letters to ministers on AI risk. Read here: medium.com/@syro001/dis...

I worked in the UK government’s AI risk team. When I raised alarms about its ethical collapse, I was retaliated against, surveilled and erased. I documented everything. Now, I’m publishing it. Not for vengeance but for accountability. Read the full story: syro001.substack.com/p/i-worked-i...