Safe AI Forum Spins Out From FAR.AI
May 2, 2025
Summary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FAR.AI Launches Inaugural Technical Innovations for AI Policy Conference, Connecting Over 150 Experts to Shape AI Governance
WASHINGTON, D.C. — June 4, 2025 — FAR.AI successfully launched the inaugural Technical Innovations for AI Policy Conference, creating a vital bridge between cutting-edge AI research and actionable policy solutions. The two-day gathering (May 31–June 1) convened more than 150 technical experts, researchers, and policymakers to address the most pressing challenges at the intersection of AI technology and governance.
Organized in collaboration with the Foundation for American Innovation (FAI), the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), and the RAND Corporation, the conference tackled urgent challenges including semiconductor export controls, hardware-enabled governance mechanisms, AI safety evaluations, data center security, energy infrastructure, and national defense applications.
"I hope that today this divide can end, that we can bury the hatchet and forge a new alliance between innovation and American values, between acceleration and altruism that will shape not just our nation's fate but potentially the fate of humanity," said Mark Beall, President of the AI Policy Network, addressing the critical need for collaboration between Silicon Valley and Washington.
Keynote speakers included Congressman Bill Foster, Saif Khan (Institute for Progress), Helen Toner (CSET), Mark Beall (AI Policy Network), Brad Carson (Americans for Responsible Innovation), and Alex Bores (New York State Assembly). The diverse program featured over 20 speakers from leading institutions across government, academia, and industry.
Key themes emerged around the urgency of action, with speakers highlighting a critical 1,000-day window to establish effective governance frameworks. Concrete proposals included Congressman Foster's legislation mandating chip location-verification to prevent smuggling, the RAISE Act requiring safety plans and third-party audits for frontier AI companies, and strategies to secure the 80-100 gigawatts of additional power capacity needed for AI infrastructure.
FAR.AI will share recordings and materials from on-the-record sessions in the coming weeks. For more information and a complete speaker list, visit https://far.ai/events/event-list/technical-innovations-for-ai-policy-2025.
About FAR.AI
Founded in 2022, FAR.AI is an AI safety research nonprofit that facilitates breakthrough research, fosters coordinated global responses, and advances understanding of AI risks and solutions.
Media Contact: tech-policy-conf@far.ai
The Safe AI Forum (SAIF) runs the International Dialogues on AI Safety and works to advance international cooperation on extreme AI risk. SAIF started as a fiscally sponsored project at FAR.AI and has now successfully transitioned to operating as an independent non-profit.
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The Safe AI Forum (SAIF) is a new organization focused on advancing global action to reduce extreme AI risk and benefit all. SAIF is best known for running the International Dialogues on AI Safety, bringing together scientists from around the world to tackle extreme risks from Artificial Intelligence.
SAIF started as a fiscally sponsored project of FAR.AI in 2023, benefitting from the institutional and strategic expertise of the FAR.AI team to incubate the project and build capacity. We always intended this arrangement to be temporary, and once SAIF obtained 501(c)(3) non-profit designation both teams started work to transition SAIF’s activities to the new organization. This process has now been completed, and we are pleased to see SAIF operating as an independent organization, enabling them to expand to pursue a number of exciting new initiatives. The SAIF team can be contacted here.
Given our two organizations’ overlapping missions, the teams will remain in close contact in relevant areas. Additionally, Adam Gleave (FAR.AI’s CEO, operating in a personal capacity) has been appointed to SAIF’s board to help provide continuity and strategic guidance.