Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI)
Research and talent pipeline on how humanity can navigate the transition to advanced AI, with a focus on frontier-lab and government policy.
GovAI is a UK think tank studying how governments and labs should manage powerful AI. It trains many of the people who now work inside safety institutes and lab policy teams.
Focus
- International governance
- Compute governance
- Safety evaluations
- Transparency
Funding, as far as we know
Open Philanthropy / Coefficient Giving and other philanthropic donors - https://www.governance.ai/about
What they've actually done
Published detailed analysis of Anthropic's RSP v3.0 documenting removal of the pause commitment
2026-03
Alumni and fellows staffed the UK AI Security Institute, EU AI Office and frontier-lab policy teams; runs summer/winter fellowships
2019-2026
Contributed to frontier safety framework and compute governance literature used by the EU Code of Practice drafters
2023-2025