Future of Life Institute
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FLI is one of the most prominent AI safety nonprofits, engaging in policy advocacy, grantmaking, and public communications to reduce catastrophic risks from AI, biotech, and nuclear weapons at a global scale.
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Summary
The Future of Life Institute is a leading nonprofit dedicated to steering transformative technologies, especially AI, away from catastrophic and existential risks. It operates across policy advocacy, research grantmaking, scenario planning, and public education, engaging with governments in the US, EU, and internationally. FLI also addresses biosecurity and nuclear weapons risks alongside its primary AI safety focus.
Key Points
- •FLI engages in policy advocacy and research with US, EU, and international governments to promote global AI governance frameworks.
- •The Futures program develops research-backed scenarios to guide humanity toward beneficial outcomes from transformative technologies.
- •FLI publishes an AI Safety Index evaluating safety practices of leading general-purpose AI companies.
- •Grantmaking supports individuals and organizations working on AI safety, biosecurity, and nuclear risk reduction.
- •FLI addresses three core risk areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and nuclear weapons.
Review
The Future of Life Institute (FLI) represents a critical organizational approach to AI safety, focusing on proactively steering technological development to protect human interests. Their multifaceted strategy encompasses policy research, public education, grantmaking, and direct advocacy to address potential risks from advanced AI systems. FLI's approach is notable for its comprehensive view of technological risks, examining AI not in isolation but in intersection with other potential global threats like nuclear weapons and biotechnology. By promoting awareness, supporting research fellowships, and engaging policymakers, they aim to prevent scenarios where AI could become an uncontrollable force that displaces or threatens human agency. Their work bridges academic research, policy recommendations, and public communication, making them a key player in the emerging field of AI governance and existential risk mitigation.
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Fighting for a human future.
AI is poised to remake the world.
Help us ensure it benefits all of us. Learn more Take action Policy & Research ↗ We engage in policy advocacy and research across the United States, the European Union and around the world. Image: FLI Chair Max Tegmark at an AI Policy roundtable hosted by Ron DeSantos, Governor of Florida. Futures ↗ The Futures program aims to guide humanity towards the beneficial outcomes made possible by transformative technologies. Image: Tomorrow's AI—a series of interactive, research-backed scenarios of how AI could transform the world. Communications ↗ We produce educational materials aimed at informing public discourse, as well as encouraging people to get involved. Image: FLI CEO Anthony Aguirre takes the stage at SXSW 2026 in Austin, Texas. Grantmaking ↗ We provide grants to individuals and organisations working on projects that further our mission. Image: The inaugural conference of the IASEAI, FLI grantee, held in Paris 2025. Just announced A Better Path for AI
A comprehensive roadmap for a pro-human future with AI. Go to project Recent updates from us The most urgent warning shot yet
Including: a loss-of-control incident at OpenAI; our latest AI Safety Index; 1,000+ AI company employees ask for a slowdown option; and more. 1 August, 2026 What does global governance of AI look like?
Including: our new Global Governance hub; Trump signs AI Executive Order; AI companies weigh in on a pause; and more. 1 July, 2026 Pope Leo XIV on AI
Including: Illinois passes America's strongest AI safety bill; A Better Path for AI; Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical - and it's about AI; and more. 1 June, 2026 Hear from us every month Join 70,000+ other newsletter subscribers for monthly updates on the work we’re doing to safeguard our shared futures. Our Mission
Steering transformative
technology towards benefiting life and away from extreme large-scale risks. We believe that the way powerful technology is developed and used will be the most important factor in determining the prospects for the future of life. This is why we have made it our mission to ensure that technology continues to improve those prospects. Learn more Focus Areas
Artificial Intelligence
AI can be an incredible tool that solves real problems and accelerates human flourishing, or a runaway uncontrollable force which destabilizes society, disempowers most people, enables terrorism, and replaces us.
Biotechnology
Advances in biotechnology can revolutionize medicine, manufacturing, and agriculture, but without proper safeguards, they also raise the risk of engineered pandemics and novel biological weapons. Nuclear Weapons
Peaceful use of nuclear technology can help power a sustainable future, but nuclear weapons risk mass catastrophe, escalation of conflict, the potential for nuclear winter, global famine and state collapse. Featured videos
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