Center for AI Safety

The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is a nonprofit research organization dedicated to reducing existential risks from artificial intelligence. Founded to advance technical AI safety research and facilitate coordination among safety researchers, CAIS is known for organizing the Statement on AI Risk, a brief declaration signed by leading AI researchers and safety experts affirming that mitigating AI extinction risk should be a global priority. The organization conducts research, hosts workshops and conferences, and works to build the AI safety field through community engagement and knowledge sharing.

Central to CAIS's mission is the belief that AI systems pose novel risks requiring dedicated study and that the field benefits from open collaboration and clear communication about these risks. The organization has become a focal point for researchers concerned with long-term AI safety and has contributed to raising awareness of AI existential risk among policymakers and the broader public.