Policy advocacy arm of the Center for AI Safety, focused on bipartisan engagement with policymakers on AI national security risks. Sister organization to CAIS (San Francisco-based technical safety research org founded by Dan Hendrycks and Oliver Zhang). CAIS Action Fund operates from Washington, DC to translate technical AI safety concerns into legislative and policy proposals. Works at the intersection of AI safety research and government engagement. Primary intervention types: policy advocacy, bipartisan lobbying.
MAIM (Mutually Assured AI Malfunction)ApproachMAIM (Mutually Assured AI Malfunction)Comprehensive reference on the MAIM deterrence framework proposed by Hendrycks, Schmidt, and Wang, covering the core theory, escalation ladder, major critiques from MIRI/RAND/IAPS, and developments...Quality: 55/100AI-Human Hybrid SystemsApproachAI-Human Hybrid SystemsHybrid AI-human systems achieve 15-40% error reduction across domains through six design patterns, with evidence from Meta (23% false positive reduction), Stanford Healthcare (27% diagnostic improv...Quality: 91/100
Organizations
Council on Strategic RisksOrganizationCouncil on Strategic RisksThe Council on Strategic Risks is a DC-based nonprofit founded in 2017 that focuses on climate-security intersections, strategic weapons, and ecological risks through three research centers. While ...Quality: 38/100Encode JusticeOrganizationEncode JusticeYouth-led AI accountability organization founded in July 2020 by Sneha Revanur (Founder and President; named to TIME 100 AI list). Approximately 600 student members across 40 countries. Rebranded t...Americans for Responsible InnovationOrganizationAmericans for Responsible InnovationAmericans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) is a DC-based AI policy group founded in 2023 with backing from EA-aligned donors including Dustin Moskovitz's Open Philanthropy network. ARI focuses on b...Brennan Center for JusticeOrganizationBrennan Center for JusticeNonpartisan law and policy institute at NYU School of Law, founded in 1995. Revenue approximately $58 million (FY 2023-2024) with 180+ staff (attorneys, scholars, communications professionals). Led...Center for AI PolicyOrganizationCenter for AI PolicyThe Center for AI Policy (CAIP) was a non-partisan nonprofit founded in 2023 that worked with Congress to promote commonsense legislative solutions to catastrophic risks from advanced AI. CAIP focu...Protect DemocracyOrganizationProtect DemocracyCross-partisan nonprofit founded in early 2017 to prevent American democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government. Led by Ian Bassin (Co-founder and Executive Director). 100+...
Historical
Anthropic-Pentagon Standoff (2026)EventAnthropic-Pentagon Standoff (2026)Comprehensive analysis of the February 2026 confrontation between Anthropic and the US government. Triggered when Claude AI was used in the January 2026 Venezuela raid via Palantir, Anthropic refus...Quality: 70/100