Academic centre led by Stuart Russell developing provably beneficial AI and advocating for AI regulation.
CHAI is Stuart Russell's Berkeley research centre on making AI systems defer to humans. Its leadership has moved from theory into public campaigning for binding limits on AI.
Focus
- Alignment research
- International governance
- Pause/moratorium
Funding, as far as we know
Open Philanthropy (founding grant $5.5M, 2016), other foundations - https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/uc-berkeley-center-for-human-compatible-ai/
What they've actually done
Co-initiated the Global Call for AI Red Lines launched at the UN General Assembly
22 September 2025
Stuart Russell spoke at PauseAI's 300-person London protest, the largest AI-safety protest to date
28 February 2026
Russell served as a member of the International AI Safety Report expert panel
2025-2026