Organizations shaping AI

Stanford University

Stanford has shaped artificial intelligence through the Stanford AI Lab, interdisciplinary work coordinated by Stanford HAI, and research across computer vision, natural language processing, robotics, machine learning, medicine, and policy. HAI also produces the widely used AI Index.

Georgetown University

Washington, DC research university with influential work in technology policy, security studies, governance, and AI policy through centers such as CSET.

London School of Economics

UK social-science university with major research programs in economics, policy, governance, and the societal impacts of technology.

AI Now Institute

Policy research institute studying the social, political, and economic impacts of AI, with a focus on accountability, power, labor, and public-interest governance.

GovAI

Independent research organization producing policy research and developing talent to help governments, technology companies, and other institutions navigate the risks and opportunities of advanced AI.

Center for Security and Emerging Technology

Policy research center at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. Produces nonpartisan analysis on the security implications of emerging technologies, especially AI and advanced computing.

CIFAR

CIFAR convenes long-term interdisciplinary research networks and leads the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy. Its neural-computation program brought Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, and Yann LeCun into a collaboration that helped establish modern deep learning.

Institute for AI Policy and Strategy

Research organisation analysing the policy and governance implications of advanced AI (IAPS).

National Security Council

The council advises the U.S. president on national security and foreign policy and coordinates those policies across federal departments and agencies. Its staff increasingly covers cybersecurity, emerging technology and artificial intelligence alongside traditional security issues.

Sooth Labs

Develops a world model for long-horizon global foresight, combining discrete events and continuous signals into calibrated, auditable forecasts for geopolitical, economic, and other real-world events.

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Advises the U.S. president on science and technology, coordinates policy across the executive branch and helps shape federal research priorities. Its remit includes artificial intelligence, quantum technology and biotechnology.

Ada Lovelace Institute

UK research institute focused on making data and AI work in the public interest through policy research, public engagement, and governance analysis.

Americans for Responsible Innovation

"Dedicated to AI policy advocacy in the public interest."

Brookings Institution

Think tank whose AI and Emerging Technology Initiative and Center for Technology Innovation research AI governance, safety, standards, equity, and the effects of emerging technology on democracy and public policy.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

The Carnegie Endowment produces independent analysis on international conflict, diplomacy, governance, security, and emerging global challenges through a network of policy research centers.

Center for AI Policy

The Center for AI Policy (CAIP) is a nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research organization founded in 2023, focused on developing and advocating for policies to mitigate catastrophic risks from advanced AI systems.

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office leads the United Kingdom's diplomacy, international development and consular work. Its global network also supports technology policy, international AI cooperation and programs addressing digital development and security.

Institute for Law & AI

Produces practical legal research on how governments and institutions should respond to increasingly capable AI systems. Its work addresses regulatory design, institutional authority, security, liability and the rule of law.

KIRA Center

Independent think tank shaping policy for advanced AI. Its work spans AI safety, European regulation, and Germany's computing capacity; staff have helped write international AI safety reports and the EU general-purpose AI code of practice.

The UK Office for Artificial Intelligence coordinated implementation of the National AI Strategy and work on responsible adoption, ecosystem investment and AI governance. Its functions now sit within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's AI Policy Directorate.

AlgorithmWatch

European civil-society organization researching and advocating for accountable algorithmic systems and stronger digital-rights protections.

The Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP) is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit founded in 2020 by Marc Rotenberg that conducts research, education, and advocacy to align AI policy with democratic values, human rights, and the rule of law.

A philanthropic fund supporting civil-society work on AI and its impact on society and democracy in Europe.