Communities

Rob Miles AI Safety

The Discord server for Rob Miles's YouTube channel, hosting discussions on AI safety and the development and content of the AISafety.info website.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

PauseAI

Activist movement in virtual and local chapters, helping the public understand AGI/ASI existential risk and demand their leaders coordinate to build a pause button.

Platform

Local, Discord, Facebook, Reddit

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Alignment Ecosystem Development (AED)

Building and maintaining digital infrastructure for the AI safety ecosystem (like this site) and connecting volunteers with opportunities to contribute.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AISafety.com Reading Group

Fortnightly meetings discussing AI safety papers and essays. Organized through the AI Safety Danmark Facebook group.

Platform

Facebook

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Quest

Helps people more easily navigate the AI safety ecosystem, connect with like-minded people, and find projects that are a good fit for their skills.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Alignment Forum (AF)

The main online hub where researchers discuss ideas related to ensuring that transformatively powerful AI is aligned with human values.

Platform

Forum

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

r/ControlProblem

The main subreddit discussing AI safety. Note that it's not limited to the narrow sense of the control problem.

Platform

Reddit

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

European Network for AI Safety (ENAIS)

Central point for connecting researchers and community organizers in Europe with opportunities and events happening in their vicinity.

Platform

Local, Slack

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

EA Gather

An always-active meeting ground for anyone who wants to cowork with and get to know other effective altruists – including those working on AI safety.

Platform

Gather

Activity level

Active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

Rational Animations (RA)

The Discord server for Rational Animations, a YouTube channel posting animated videos about truth-seeking and the future of humanity.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

Alignment Jams

Discord server for the community participating in Apart Sprints, which are regular hackathons run by Apart Research.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Effective Altruism Forum

Online forum where individuals dedicated to doing the most good converge to work on the world’s most pressing challenges – including AI safety.

Platform

Forum

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

AI Safety Telegram Group

Comprised of three channels: one for technical discussions and deep dives, one for general news and hot takes, and one for memes.

Platform

Telegram

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Alignment Foundations Discord

Discussions of alignment foundations with separate channels for different technical topics. There is also a channel for asking math questions.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Discussion

Primarily for people with experience in ML or familiar with AI safety, this is a discussion group about AI advances and how to keep it robust and beneficial to humanity.

Platform

Facebook

Activity level

Semi-active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Discussion (Open)

This is an open discussion group about advances in AI, and how to keep it robust and beneficial to humanity.

Platform

Facebook

Activity level

Semi-active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

BlueDot Impact Community

For participants and facilitators of the AI safety courses run by BlueDot Impact (previously known as AI Safety Fundamentals).

Platform

Slack

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

r/EffectiveAltruism

Subreddit for effective altruism, a social movement founded on the imperative to make the world as good a place as it can be.

Platform

Reddit

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

EleutherAI

Grassroots collective of researchers working to open source AI research with a strong focus on alignment.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Careers in AI Safety

For people interested in finding effective career paths for working on AI safety and/or helping others do the same.

Platform

Facebook

Activity level

Semi-active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Oxford AI Safety Initiative (OAISI)

Oxford University community of students and researchers supporting both governance and technical work, and running programs to build skills in both.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety 東京 (Tokyo)

Japan’s main AI safety community. Holds a benkyōkai (study group) every month, aiming to keep attendees’ fingers on the pulse of the AI safety literature.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Buenos Aires AI Safety Hub (BAISH)

Supporting students in entering the AI safety field and conducting research, including through regular discussion groups, reading clubs, and courses.

Platform

Local, Telegram

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Toronto AI Safety

Engaging with the latest developments in alignment research, with informal presentations, discussion and debate, and practical coding activities.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Initiative @ UC Chile (AISUC)

Student initiative at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, supporting students entering the field and conducting research.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Safe AI London (SAIL)

Supports individuals in London interested in reducing the risks posed by advanced AI by hosting reading groups and upskilling programs.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Cambridge AI Safety Hub (CAISH)

Network of students and professionals in Cambridge conducting research, running educational and research programs, and creating a community.

Platform

Local, Facebook

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety for Lawyers

New Slack group aimed at bringing together lawyers wanting to contribute to AI safety.

Platform

Slack

Activity level

Semi-active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

University of Bayes

A place for collaboration, education, and conversation, this group is about learning, growing and working with others.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

AI Safety Hungary

Supports students and professionals in contributing to the safe development of AI through courses, events, hackathons, and 1-1 mentoring.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

MIT AI Alignment (MAIA)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology student group supporting students in conducting research relevant to reducing risks from advanced AI.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Student Team (AISST)

Research-focused student group at Harvard University aimed at encouraging undergrads to pursue careers in technical AI safety.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

ControlAI

Discord server working to prevent human extinction from AI, welcoming any discussions on the topic.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety London

Brings together AI safety researchers, cybersecurity specialists, engineers deploying AI, and policy makers, in order to work towards ensuring a safe future with AI.

Platform

Local, Telegram, Other

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Alignment Network (ALIGN)

Aims to enhance the AI alignment research landscape in Japan and surrounding areas by leveraging its members' networks in academia and industry.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Wisconsin AI Safety Initiative (WAISI)

University of Wisconsin, Madison, group hosting fellowships and reading groups and doing research and outreach.

Platform

Local, Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Finnish Center for Safe AI (Tutke)

Interdisciplinary nonprofit network promoting scientific understanding of the safe development of AI and supporting its regulation. Runs a weekly reading club.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Study Group

Group based in China helping people study various AI safety topics and sharing AI safety information on Chinese social networks.

Platform

Local, Other

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Mech Interp Discord

For collaborating on mechanistic interpretability projects, including regular project check-ins and reading groups.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Danmark

Discussion group for people in Denmark interested in reducing existential risk from AI. Also hosts a regular online reading group. 

Platform

Local, Facebook

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Zurich AI Safety (ZAIS)

Group of students, researchers and professionals at ETH Zurich working on the long-term safety of AI through courses, seminars, and research projects.

Platform

Local, WhatsApp

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

PEAKS

Coworking space in Zurich, Switzerland for people working on AI safety or effective altruism. Regularly hosts events.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

AI Safety Founders (AISF)

It often takes ambitious entrepreneurs to solve problems in the real world. This group is for entrepreneurially-minded people to explore what it takes to build in AI safety.

Platform

Local, Discord

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Cambridge Long View Initiative (CLVI)

Formerly known as the Cambridge Existential Risks Initiative (CERI), this is a longtermist network of students, researchers, and professors at the University of Cambridge.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

Durham AI Safety Initiative

Durham University students and academics for reducing catastrophic AI risks. Runs workshops, discussion groups, speaker events, and some research projects.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Aether

Discord server for Aether, an independent LLM agent safety research group focused on chain-of-thought monitorability.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Cyborgism

Discussing setting up human-in-the-loop systems which empower human agency, and using those systems to accelerate alignment. Invite only.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Governance & Safety Canada (AIGS)

Nonpartisan not-for-profit and community of people across Canada, working to ensure that advanced AI is safe and beneficial for all. Everyone is welcome to join.

Platform

Local, Slack

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Boston University AI Safety Association (AISA)

Boston University students aiming to study anything involving AI safety – from governance, to international policy, to mechanistic interpretability.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Bulgaria

Raising awareness about the potential risks of advanced AI while promoting responsible innovation, through learning, communication, and research.

Platform

Local, WhatsApp, Slack

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Initiative Groningen (AISIG)

University of Groningen group providing students and scholars with a platform to learn about and discuss potential risks from advanced AI.

Platform

Local, Other

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Columbia AI Alignment Club (CAIAC)

Supports undergraduate and graduate students in conducting research relevant to reducing catastrophic risks from advanced AI and runs an introductory reading group.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Strategy (AISS)

Coordinating to accelerate the speed of alignment research, slow progress in AI capabilities, and find new tactics to reduce existential risk from AI.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Semi-active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Singapore AI Safety Hub (SASH)

Coworking, events, and community space for people working on AI safety. Runs regular talks, hackathons, and networking events.

Platform

Local, WhatsApp

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Eindhoven AI Safety Team (EAIST)

Providing a platform to learn about and discuss potential risks from advanced AI in an effort to help ensure a good outcome for humanity.

Platform

Local, WhatsApp

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Toronto AI Safety Student Initiative

New student group at the University of Toronto focusing on governance and technical research. Runs introductory fellowships.

Platform

Local, Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Orthogonal

Discord server for the formal alignment organization Orthogonal, which, among other things, investigates the “QACI” alignment plan.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Semi-active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

EA Corner

Main Discord server for effective altruism. AI safety is discussed in the global catastrophic risks channel.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

AI Safety Australia and New Zealand (AIS ANZ)

Discussion group for people in Australia and New Zealand interested in reducing existential risk from AI.

Platform

Local, Facebook

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Carnegie AI Safety Initiative (CASI)

Carnegie Mellon University's AI safety club, whose mission is to spark interest in and facilitate research on AI safety.

Platform

Local, Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety at UCLA

Research-focused club at the University of California, Los Angeles, striving to provide students with tools and guidance to tackle the problems that interest them.

Platform

Local, Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Michigan AI Safety Initiative (MAISI)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, student group dedicated to positively shaping the development of advanced AI, with a focus on preventing catastrophes.

Platform

Local, Discord

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Princeton AI Alignment (PAIA)

Academic community at Princeton University working to ensure AI is developed to the benefit of humanity's future.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Semi-active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Poland

Supports students and professionals in learning more about AI safety, through organizing courses, reading groups, and project groups.

Platform

Facebook

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Collective Action for Existential Safety (CAES) Discord

Public community for CAES, aimed at testing the mass appeal of existential safety as a broad movement.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Effective Altruism Facebook group

Large group for sharing content or asking questions relevant to effective altruism, serving as a way to explore the movement and meet like-minded people.

Platform

Facebook

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

UVic AI

Team of students at the University of Victoria (Canada) working together to expand their knowledge of AI and the surrounding ethics.

Platform

Local, Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

Stanford AI Alignment (SAIA)

Accelerating students into careers in AI safety, building the alignment community at Stanford University, and doing research.

Platform

Local, Slack

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

SLT & AI Safety

Discussing the building of tools for detecting, locating, and interpreting phase transitions that govern training and in-context learning.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Initiative at Georgia Tech (AISI)

Academic community at Georgia Institute of Technology working to ensure AI is developed to the benefit of our future. Hosts research and education programs.

Platform

Local, Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

EA Anywhere

An effective altruism community for everyone, hosting a range of channels to meet like-minded people and get involved with the community.

Platform

Slack

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

AI Safety Google Group

A place for people to post information about how to get into technical research, including updates on academic posts, grad school, and training programs.

Platform

Other

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Hub Edinburgh (AISHED)

Community at the University of Edinburgh interested in ensuring that the development of AI benefits humanity’s long-term future.

Platform

Local, Discord

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Croatia

Community working to reduce risks from advanced AI by empowering students and researchers to contribute to the field of AI safety.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Semi-active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Monoid AI Safety Hub

Physical space in Moscow, Russia for discussing mathematics and AI safety – facilitating development, the exchange of ideas, and finding new solutions.

Platform

Local, Telegram

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Alignment Ecosystem Slack

Invite-only Slack for people actively working on AI safety ecosystem and field-building projects. Email plexven@gmail.com if you think you should be there.

Platform

Slack

Activity level

Inactive

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Sécurité de l’IA

French-language group aimed at bringing together anyone interested in making the development of AI safe and beneficial.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Melbourne (AISM)

Providing a space for people in Melbourne, Australia who are interested in AI safety to connect with like-minded people.

Platform

Local, Facebook

Activity level

Semi-active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Saarland

Fostering interdisciplinary exchange, education, and research addressing large-scale risks from AI development and deployment at Saarland University and beyond.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Utrecht

Utrecht University group discussing research on topics related to Al safety and working through the BlueDot Impact courses.

Platform

Local, WhatsApp

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Newspeak House

Hosts events and discussions for communities interested in rationalism, effective altruism, and AI safety, providing a hub for collaboration and exchange of ideas.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

Delft AI Safety Initiative (DAISI)

Empowering students and academics at Delft University of Technology to reduce AI risk through educational programs, hackathons, and events.

Platform

Local, WhatsApp

Activity level

Semi-active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Altruismo Eficaz y Racionalidad

Spanish-language EA and rationalist Slack group / Slack hispanohablante para altruismo eficaz y racionalidad.

Platform

Slack

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

AI Safety Colombia

Contributing to AI safety by training leaders, fostering critical research, and raising awareness about its importance.

Platform

Local, WhatsApp

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Cornell AI Alignment (CAIA)

Community of student technical and policy researchers at Cornell University conducting research and outreach to advance the development of safe AI.

Platform

Local, Slack

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI-Plans

Discord server for people taking part in AI-Plans hackathons, which are alignment and AI policy events held by AI-Plans.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Stockholm AI Safety

Local reading group running discussions, in-person talks, and socials. Hosts an event every other Wednesday.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Aachen

Student-led initiative at RWTH Aachen dedicated to reducing the risks posed by advanced AI systems by empowering students and academics to address the problem.

Platform

Local, WhatsApp

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Hanoi AI Safety Network (HAISN)

Network of university students and professionals working towards safe AI. Hosting intro fellowships, discussion groups, and research hackathons.

Platform

Local, Discord

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA)

Coworking space hosting organizations (including BlueDot Impact, Apollo, Leap Labs), acceleration programs, and independent researchers.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

FAR.Labs

Coworking and events space supporting trustworthy and secure AI research in the heart of Berkeley.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Trajectory Labs

Coworking and events space in downtown Toronto, organizing events and maintaining local community.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety Berlin

Network of Berliners holding regular talks and meetups (usually once a month) and occasional hackathons, conferences, and retreats. 

Platform

Local, Telegram

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety East Africa (AISEA)

Equipping students, professionals, and policymakers with the technical and governance expertise required to ensure safe, ethical, and inclusive AI systems.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

AI Safety India

Bringing together students and researchers to work on aligning advanced AI systems with human values.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Berkeley AI Safety Initiative (BASIS)

Student group at the University of California, Berkeley, interested in the development of robust, interpretable, and safe machine learning systems.

Platform

Local, Slack

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Latin American Network for AI Safety (LANAIS)

Regional group connecting researchers and policymakers, with the goal of advancing AI safety in Latin America.

Platform

Slack, Gather

Activity level

Very active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Effective Altruism VR

Harnessing VR to improve connectivity between people who are interested in effectively helping others and making the world a better place.

Platform

Discord

Activity level

Inactive

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety

Brown AI Safety Team (BAIST)

Brown University student group working to mitigate risks from advanced AI by conducting safety research and equipping students to pursue careers in the field.

Platform

Local

Activity level

Active

Focus

Main focus is AI safety

Beneficial AI Foundation (BAIF)

Max Tegmark’s Beneficial AI Foundation has set up this Slack community for professionals interested in AI safety and formal verification.

Platform

Slack

Activity level

Active

Focus

Partial focus on AI safety