Yisroel Mirsky

Congratulations to Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Yisroel Mirsky on receiving a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Dr. Mirsky is a lecturer at Ben-Gurion University’s Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering, where he heads the Offensive AI Research Lab.

The ERC grant will allow Dr. Mirsky to further explore ways to make future Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) systems safe and trustworthy. “Unlike today’s AI, which can perform narrow tasks like generating text or recognizing images, and basic agentic tasks, AGI would have human-level abilities to learn, reason, and adapt across many different domains,” he explains. “Our research anticipates the risks posed by such powerful systems and develops ways to ensure they benefit society without causing unintended harm.”

The ERC Starting Grant is one of the most prestigious competitive research grants in the world. Providing 1.5 million euros over five years, it is designed to support promising young researchers studying current and future challenges.