Safe AI Forum Spins Out From FAR.AI
May 2, 2025
Summary
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.
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.