About Us
Our mission is to reduce societal-scale risks from artificial intelligence.
Why we exist
CAIS exists to ensure the safe development and deployment of AI
AI risk has emerged as a global priority, ranking alongside pandemics and nuclear war. Despite its importance, AI safety remains remarkably neglected, outpaced by the rapid rate of AI development. Currently, society is ill-prepared to manage the risks from AI. CAIS exists to equip policymakers, business leaders, and the broader world with the understanding and tools necessary to manage AI risk.
What we do
AI safety is highly neglected. CAIS reduces societal-scale risks from AI through research, field-building, and advocacy.
Research
CAIS conducts research solely focused on improving the safety of AIs. Through our research initiatives, we aim to identify and address AI safety issues before they become significant concerns.
Activities:
- Identifying and removing dangerous behaviors in AIs
- Studying deceptive, machiavellian, and other unethical behavior in AIs
- Training AIs to behave morally
- Improving the reliability of AIs
- Improving the security of AIs
Field-building
CAIS grows the AI safety research field through funding, research infrastructure, and educational resources. We aim to create a thriving research ecosystem that will drive progress towards safe AI.
Activities:
- Providing top researchers with compute and technical infrastructure
- Running multidisciplinary fellowships focused on AI safety
- Interfacing with the global research community
- Running competitions and workshops
- Creating educational materials
Advocacy
CAIS advises industry leaders, policymakers, and other labs to bring AI safety research into the real-world. We aim to build awareness and establish guidelines for the safe and responsible deployment of AI.
Activities:
- Raising public awareness of AI risks and safety
- Providing technical expertise to inform policymaking at governmental bodies
- Advising industry leaders on structures and practices to prioritize AI safety