AI Safety Organizations (Overview)

{
  "id": "safety-orgs-overview",
  "numericId": "E821",
  "path": "/knowledge-base/organizations/safety-orgs-overview/",
  "filePath": "knowledge-base/organizations/safety-orgs-overview.mdx",
  "title": "AI Safety Organizations (Overview)",
  "quality": 48,
  "readerImportance": 52.3,
  "researchImportance": null,
  "tacticalValue": 78,
  "contentFormat": "article",
  "tractability": null,
  "neglectedness": null,
  "uncertainty": null,
  "causalLevel": null,
  "lastUpdated": "2026-03-13",
  "dateCreated": "2026-02-19",
  "llmSummary": "A well-organized reference overview of ~20 AI safety organizations categorized by function (alignment research, policy, field-building), with a comparative budget/headcount table showing estimated annual budgets of \\$3-10M and cost-per-researcher of \\$143K-\\$400K across nine major orgs, all primarily funded by Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy). The page is a competent compilation with useful quantitative estimates but offers little original analysis beyond organizing publicly available information.",
  "description": "Overview of organizations focused on AI safety research, policy, and advocacy—from dedicated alignment labs to think tanks and field-building institutions working to reduce catastrophic and existential risks from advanced AI systems.",
  "ratings": {
    "focus": 8.5,
    "novelty": 3.5,
    "rigor": 4.5,
    "completeness": 6,
    "concreteness": 6.5,
    "actionability": 4.5,
    "objectivity": 6.5
  },
  "category": "organizations",
  "subcategory": "safety-orgs",
  "clusters": [
    "ai-safety",
    "community"
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "wordCount": 952,
    "tableCount": 1,
    "diagramCount": 0,
    "internalLinks": 67,
    "externalLinks": 0,
    "footnoteCount": 0,
    "bulletRatio": 0.44,
    "sectionCount": 7,
    "hasOverview": true,
    "structuralScore": 7
  },
  "suggestedQuality": 47,
  "updateFrequency": null,
  "evergreen": true,
  "wordCount": 952,
  "unconvertedLinks": [],
  "unconvertedLinkCount": 0,
  "convertedLinkCount": 0,
  "backlinkCount": 0,
  "hallucinationRisk": {
    "level": "medium",
    "score": 60,
    "factors": [
      "no-citations",
      "few-external-sources"
    ]
  },
  "redundancy": {
    "maxSimilarity": 14,
    "similarPages": [
      {
        "id": "cais",
        "title": "CAIS (Center for AI Safety)",
        "path": "/knowledge-base/organizations/cais/",
        "similarity": 14
      },
      {
        "id": "planning-for-frontier-lab-scaling",
        "title": "Planning for Frontier Lab Scaling",
        "path": "/knowledge-base/models/planning-for-frontier-lab-scaling/",
        "similarity": 13
      },
      {
        "id": "safety-research-allocation",
        "title": "Safety Research Allocation Model",
        "path": "/knowledge-base/models/safety-research-allocation/",
        "similarity": 13
      },
      {
        "id": "govai",
        "title": "GovAI",
        "path": "/knowledge-base/organizations/govai/",
        "similarity": 13
      },
      {
        "id": "lionheart-ventures",
        "title": "Lionheart Ventures",
        "path": "/knowledge-base/organizations/lionheart-ventures/",
        "similarity": 13
      }
    ]
  },
  "changeHistory": [
    {
      "date": "2026-02-19",
      "branch": "claude/add-wiki-tables-VhyKT",
      "title": "Add concrete shareable data tables to high-value pages",
      "summary": "Added three concrete, screenshot-worthy data tables to high-value wiki pages: (1) OpenAI ownership/stakeholder table to openai.mdx showing the 2024-2025 PBC restructuring with Foundation ~26%, Microsoft transitioning from 49% profit share to ~2.5% equity, and Sam Altman's proposed 7% grant; (2) Budget and headcount comparison table to safety-orgs-overview.mdx covering MIRI, ARC, METR, Redwood Research, CAIS, Apollo Research, GovAI, Conjecture, and FAR AI with annual budgets, headcounts, and cost-per-researcher; (3) Per-company compensation comparison table to ai-talent-market-dynamics.mdx comparing Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, xAI, Meta AI, and Microsoft Research by total comp range, base salary, equity type, and benefits including Anthropic's unique DAF matching program.",
      "model": "sonnet-4",
      "duration": "~45min"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-17",
      "branch": "claude/clarify-overview-pages-ZQx72",
      "title": "Clarify overview pages with new entity type",
      "summary": "Added `overview` as a proper entity type throughout the system, migrated all 36 overview pages to `entityType: overview`, built overview-specific InfoBox rendering with child page links, created an OverviewBanner component, and added a knowledge-base-overview page template to Crux."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-16",
      "branch": "claude/complete-new-pages-kawqG",
      "title": "Fix conflicting numeric IDs + add integrity checks",
      "summary": "Fixed all 9 overview pages from PR #118 which had numeric IDs (E687-E695) that conflicted with existing YAML entities. Reassigned to E710-E718. Then hardened the system to prevent recurrence:\n1. Added page-level numericId conflict detection to `build-data.mjs` (build now fails on conflicts)\n2. Created `numeric-id-integrity` global validation rule (cross-page uniqueness, format validation, entity conflict detection)\n3. Added `numericId` and `subcategory` to frontmatter Zod schema with format regex",
      "pr": 168
    }
  ],
  "coverage": {
    "passing": 4,
    "total": 13,
    "targets": {
      "tables": 4,
      "diagrams": 0,
      "internalLinks": 8,
      "externalLinks": 5,
      "footnotes": 3,
      "references": 3
    },
    "actuals": {
      "tables": 1,
      "diagrams": 0,
      "internalLinks": 67,
      "externalLinks": 0,
      "footnotes": 0,
      "references": 0,
      "quotesWithQuotes": 0,
      "quotesTotal": 0,
      "accuracyChecked": 0,
      "accuracyTotal": 0
    },
    "items": {
      "llmSummary": "green",
      "schedule": "red",
      "entity": "red",
      "editHistory": "green",
      "overview": "green",
      "tables": "amber",
      "diagrams": "red",
      "internalLinks": "green",
      "externalLinks": "red",
      "footnotes": "red",
      "references": "red",
      "quotes": "red",
      "accuracy": "red"
    },
    "editHistoryCount": 3,
    "ratingsString": "N:3.5 R:4.5 A:4.5 C:6"
  },
  "readerRank": 285,
  "recommendedScore": 143.48
}

No external links

No backlinks