Division: CHAI Research
2 → confirmed; stale (excluded): 1 → partial
Our claim
entire record- Parent Org
- Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI)
- Name
- CHAI Research
- Division Type
- lab
- Lead
- Stuart Russell
- Status
- active
- Notes
- Academic AI safety research lab at UC Berkeley founded by Stuart Russell. Researches value alignment, cooperative inverse reinforcement learning (CIRL), and human-AI interaction. Lead: Stuart Russell (Professor, UC Berkeley; CHAI founder).
Source evidence
2 src · 3 checksNoteThe record claims CHAI Research is a 'lab' with 'active' status. The source confirms this through: (1) explicit references to 'CHAI' and 'Center for Human-Compatible AI' throughout; (2) Mark Nitzberg listed as 'Executive Director of CHAI'; (3) Sarah Otis as 'Assistant Director of CHAI'; (4) multiple current researchers and research fellows listed as working at CHAI; (5) Stuart Russell as Director of the organization. The organization is clearly operational and active based on the current staff and researcher listings. The characterization as a 'lab' aligns with the source's description of it as a research center with faculty, staff, and researchers.
NoteQUA-650 retro-scan: The source is about the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI) itself, not a division called 'CHAI Research'. Per QUA-648, a division/sub-unit is a MISMATCH from the parent organization. The claim specifies 'CHAI Research' as a division, while the source describes CHAI as the primary entity.
NoteThe source text directly confirms all three key fields: (1) name 'CHAI Research' is used throughout, (2) type as a 'lab' is implicit in the description of research activities, focus areas, and publications typical of a research laboratory, and (3) status as 'active' is confirmed by the present-tense description of ongoing research efforts ('CHAI strives to produce', 'we also advise', 'our interests extend') and the publication list dated through 2023. The text explicitly states CHAI began operating in 2016, establishing its active status.