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Center for AI Safety (CAIS)

Safety Organization
Founded 2022 (4 years old)HQ: San Franciscosafe.ai

Also known as: CAIS

Divisions & Teams

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NameTypeLeadStatusSince

Technical AI safety research on robustness, interpretability, and alignment. Led by Dan Hendrycks.

TeamDan HendrycksActiveNeeds attention

3-month SF program. $25K stipend. PhD/JD researchers.

ProgramActiveFailed source check

501(c)(4) advocacy arm. DC-based. Co-sponsored SB 1047. Lobbying ~$490K/yr.

ProgramVarun KroviActiveJul 2023Verified

80 A100 GPUs. 150+ researchers. ~100 safety papers, 16,000+ citations. Free access. Schmidt Sciences partnership.

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Provides free compute access to academic AI safety researchers. One of the largest non-industry compute resources available for safety research.

ProgramActiveVerified

Programs to grow the AI safety research community, including the Statement on AI Risk signed by hundreds of researchers and the ML Safety course.

ProgramActiveNeeds attention