Question 1

What is Center for AI Safety (CAIS) known for?

Accepted Answer

San Francisco nonprofit doing technical AI safety research and field-building; organized the 2023 Statement on AI Risk. Landmarks: Statement on AI Risk (2023); Representation Engineering: A Top-Down Approach to AI Transparency (2023); The WMDP Benchmark: Measuring and Reducing Malicious Use With Unlearning (2024); Humanity's Last Exam (2025).

Question 2

Who leads Center for AI Safety (CAIS)?

Accepted Answer

Oliver Zhang, Managing Director; Dan Hendrycks, Executive & Research Director.

Question 3

What kind of organization is Center for AI Safety (CAIS)?

Accepted Answer

Nonprofit, founded in 2022, based in San Francisco.

Year	Contribution	Source
2023	Statement on AI Risksafe.ai	safe.ai
2023	Representation Engineering: A Top-Down Approach to AI Transparencyarxiv.org	arxiv.org
2024	The WMDP Benchmark: Measuring and Reducing Malicious Use With Unlearningarxiv.org	arxiv.org
2025	Humanity's Last Examarxiv.org	arxiv.org

Person	Role	Source
Oliver ZhangManaging Directorsafe.ai	Managing Director	safe.ai
Dan HendrycksExecutive & Research Directorsafe.ai	Executive & Research Director	safe.ai

Where	Link
Website	safe.ai
Blog	safe.ai/blog
GitHub	centerforaisafety
Hugging Face	cais

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