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Alignment Research Center
OrganizationFounded Date
Oct 2021
Key People
2PC
Paul ChristianoFounder
Founder
2021 – present
Founded ARC in 2021 after leaving OpenAI. Now head of AI safety at NIST. Per Wikipedia.
JH
Jacob Hilton
President & Researcher
Start date unknown; confirmed as president on alignment.org/team as of 2026-03-16.
All Facts
Organization
Founded DateOct 2021—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Oct 2021 | alignment.org | f_rTz84X69ZB |
HeadquartersBerkeley, CA—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Berkeley, CA | alignment.org | f_QaQmHPiYXu |
Legal Structure501(c)(3) nonprofit—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | 501(c)(3) nonprofit | alignment.org | f_BNGTSP3p6l |
People
Founded ByvzxfzxBITd—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Paul Christiano | alignment.org | f_tC3M5pbZUg |
General
Websitehttp://alignment.org/—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | http://alignment.org/ | wikidata.org | xU3JVFJnrQ |
Divisions
2| Name | DivisionType | Status | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARC Theory | team | active | alignment.org | Theoretical alignment research led by Paul Christiano. Focuses on ELK (Eliciting Latent Knowledge) and foundational alignment theory. |
| ARC Evals | team | active | evals.alignment.org | Evaluates frontier AI models for dangerous capabilities (e.g., autonomous replication). Spun out as METR in 2024 but ARC continues related eval work. |
▶Internal Metadata
| ID | QsXVXtQ0zE |
| Stable ID | QsXVXtQ0zE |
| Wiki ID | E25 |
| Type | organization |
| YAML Source | packages/factbase/data/things/QsXVXtQ0zE.yaml |
| Facts | 5 structured |
| Records | 4 in 2 collections |