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The AI Safety Institute is a directorate of the UK Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology.

Rigorous AI research to enable advanced AI governance

Governments have a key role to play in ensuring advanced AI is safe and beneficial.

The AI Safety Institute is the first state-backed organisation dedicated to advancing this goal.

We are conducting research and building infrastructure to test the safety of advanced AI and to measure its impacts on people and society. We are also working with the wider research community, AI developers and other governments to affect how AI is developed and to shape global policymaking on this issue.  

Recent work

Advancing the field of systemic AI safety: grants open

Organisation

October 15, 2024

Calling researchers from academia, industry, and civil society to apply for up to £200,000 of funding.

Why I joined AISI by Geoffrey Irving

Organisation

October 3, 2024

Our Chief Scientist, Geoffrey Irving, on why he joined the UK AI Safety Institute and why he thinks other technical folk should too

Should AI systems behave like people?

Research

September 25, 2024

We studied whether people want AI to be more human-like.

Our mission is to equip governments with an empirical understanding of the safety of advanced AI systems.

Empirical research

Monitoring the fast-moving landscape of AI development

Evaluating the risks AI poses to national security and public welfare

Advancing the field of systemic safety to improve societal resilience

Global impact

Working with AI developers to ensure responsible development

Informing policymakers about current and emerging risks from AI

Promoting global coordination on AI governance

Join us to shape the trajectory of AI

For our ambitious and urgent mission, we need top talent. We have built a unique structure within the government so we can operate like a startup. We have recruited over 30 technical staff, including senior alumni from OpenAI, Google DeepMind and the University of Oxford, and we are scaling rapidly. Our staff are supported by substantial funding and computing resources, priority access to top models, partnerships with leading research organisations and an incredibly talented, close-knit and driven team.