ResearchSep 7, 20232 min read

First Progress Report

The AISI Blog has released its first progress report detailing accomplishments over its initial 11 weeks of operation. The update highlights recruitment milestones, including national security and machine learning leaders and top academic talent.

The Core Development

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Strategic Perspective & Ecosystem Impact

In our first 11 weeks, we have recruited an advisory board of national security and ML leaders, including Yoshua Bengio, recruited top professors from Cambridge and Oxford and announced 4 research partnerships.

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The AI Security Institute is a research organisation within the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology.

Why it matters

Establishing high-level academic and national security collaborations in its opening weeks signals a rapid institutional build-out for safety and research standards in AI.