Field directory
AI organisations & companies
Thirty institutions building frontier systems, researching alignment, testing capabilities, and shaping public policy.
Frontier Labs
OpenAI
Develops general-purpose frontier models and researches methods for making advanced AI broadly beneficial.
Frontier Labs
Anthropic
Builds reliable, interpretable AI systems with dedicated alignment, safeguards, and policy teams.
Frontier Labs
Google DeepMind
Combines frontier model development with research in alignment, oversight, and scientific discovery.
Frontier Labs
xAI
Develops frontier-scale models and computing infrastructure with an emphasis on truth-seeking systems.
Frontier Labs
Meta AI
Develops open-weight Llama models alongside safety classifiers, evaluations, and research tools.
Frontier Labs
Safe Superintelligence
A research lab founded with the single product and mission of building safe superintelligence.
Technical Safety & Alignment
MIRI
Pursues foundational research on the alignment and control of advanced autonomous systems.
Technical Safety & Alignment
Alignment Research Center
Investigates theoretical and empirical approaches to aligning powerful machine learning systems.
Technical Safety & Alignment
Redwood Research
Conducts applied research on adversarial training, interpretability, and robust alignment.
Technical Safety & Alignment
CHAI
UC Berkeley centre developing AI systems that reliably pursue human objectives.
Technical Safety & Alignment
FAR.AI
Supports collaborative research projects aimed at solving urgent AI safety bottlenecks.
Technical Safety & Alignment
Conjecture
Researches methods and systems intended to make advanced AI safe and controllable.
Technical Safety & Alignment
EleutherAI
Non-profit research institute working on open models, interpretability, and alignment science.
Technical Safety & Alignment
Ought
Builds tools that help people reason, research, and evaluate complex information with AI.
Technical Safety & Alignment
Apart Research
Coordinates distributed research programmes and talent development in AI safety.
Evaluations & Auditing
METR
Measures whether frontier models can autonomously complete tasks that could accelerate AI research.
Evaluations & Auditing
Apollo Research
Evaluates frontier systems for deception, scheming, and strategic behaviour.
Evaluations & Auditing
UK AI Security Institute
A state-backed institute testing advanced systems and developing the science of AI safety.
Evaluations & Auditing
US Center for AI Standards and Innovation
NIST centre advancing measurement science and standards for advanced AI systems.
Evaluations & Auditing
Ada Lovelace Institute
Independent research institute examining how data and AI affect people and society.
Evaluations & Auditing
BABL AI
Provides independent AI audits, governance support, and algorithmic risk assessment.
Evaluations & Auditing
Holistic AI
Offers enterprise AI governance, risk management, and assurance services.
Policy & Governance
Center for AI Safety
Reduces societal-scale AI risks through research, field-building, and public communication.
Policy & Governance
GovAI
Researches the institutions and policies needed to govern advanced AI effectively.
Policy & Governance
Future of Life Institute
Works to reduce extreme technological risks through policy, grants, and public advocacy.
Policy & Governance
Epoch AI
Produces data-driven research and forecasts on the trajectory of machine learning.
Policy & Governance
Georgetown CSET
Provides evidence-driven analysis of emerging technology and national security.
Policy & Governance
Institute for AI Policy and Strategy
Develops policy and strategy for navigating the transition to advanced AI.
Policy & Governance
Partnership on AI
A multi-stakeholder organisation developing practices for responsible AI deployment.
Policy & Governance
The Future Society
Advances international governance approaches for transformative technologies.