WHO IS DOING THE WORK?

AI safety institutes
and organizations.

Browse the labs, evaluators, government bodies, standards groups, and training organizations already working on safer AI.

23organizations across
research, policy, and practice

EVALUATION & RESEARCH

5
METR

METR

Measures frontier-model capabilities, autonomy, and loss-of-control risks.

Berkeley · Independent nonprofit
Apollo

Apollo Research

Researches scheming, deception, evaluations, and frontier AI security.

London + San Francisco
FAR.AI

FAR.AI

Incubates and conducts technical AI safety research and red-teaming.

Berkeley · Independent nonprofit
CAIS

Center for AI Safety

Conducts safety research, builds the field, and develops safety standards.

San Francisco · Nonprofit
CHAI

Center for Human-Compatible AI

Studies how advanced AI systems can reliably act in line with human values.

Berkeley · Academic

GOVERNMENT & STANDARDS

8
ARIA

Advanced Research + Invention Agency

Funds ambitious R&D, including large programs in scalable AI trust and coordination.

United Kingdom · Public R&D
AISI

UK AI Security Institute

Evaluates advanced systems and builds public infrastructure for frontier AI security.

United Kingdom · Government
NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Develops AI measurement, risk-management, evaluation, and interoperability standards.

United States · Government
DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Runs advanced programs in cyber defense, autonomy, resilience, and contested systems.

United States · Public R&D
EU AI Office

European AI Office

Implements EU AI governance and coordinates general-purpose AI oversight.

European Union · Government
ENISA

European Union Agency for Cybersecurity

Builds cybersecurity capability, guidance, and cross-border operational cooperation.

European Union · Agency
CSA

Cyber Security Agency of Singapore

Leads national cybersecurity work and practical assurance for emerging systems.

Singapore · Government
RAND

RAND

Studies AI governance, national security, institutions, and public policy.

United States · Policy research

FRONTIER LABS

2
Anthropic

Anthropic

Develops frontier models alongside alignment, interpretability, and safeguards research.

United States + United Kingdom
MSR

Microsoft Research

Studies reliable, secure, and human-centered AI systems at deployment scale.

Global · Research lab

FIELD-BUILDING & TRAINING

3
CAIF

Cooperative AI Foundation

Funds and connects research on cooperation, coordination, and multi-agent safety.

International · Nonprofit
Apart

Apart Research

Runs open research programs that help new contributors produce useful safety work.

Remote · Research nonprofit
BlueDot

BlueDot Impact

Offers AI safety and governance courses, community, and career support.

London + Remote

SECURITY & ASSURANCE

5
AAIF

Agentic AI Foundation

Stewards open agent protocols and neutral infrastructure across vendors.

Global · Industry consortium
OWASP

OWASP GenAI Security Project

Turns emerging agent and model threats into practical security guidance and tests.

Global · Open community
CSA

Cloud Security Alliance

Develops practitioner-led cloud and AI security controls, including MAESTRO.

Global · Industry nonprofit
ATLAS

MITRE ATLAS

Catalogues adversarial tactics and techniques for machine-learning systems.

United States · Public-interest R&D
CoSAI

Coalition for Secure AI

Coordinates open, cross-company work on secure AI development and deployment.

Global · Industry coalition

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