AI Safety Foundation
The AI Safety Foundation (AISF) is a Toronto-based registered Canadian charity co-founded by Nobel Laureate Geoffrey Hinton. Its mission is to increase awareness and scientific understanding of the catastrophic risks of AI by advancing education and research. The organization's flagship program is the Hinton Lectures, an annual series featuring world-leading AI safety researchers, which launched in October 2024. AISF also co-created the CJF Hinton Award for Excellence in AI Safety Reporting, a $10,000 journalism prize administered with the Canadian Journalism Foundation.
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AISF operates on the premise that public and scientific awareness of AI's catastrophic risks is a necessary precondition for the policy responses and safety investments needed to avert them. By convening world-leading AI safety researchers for high-profile public lectures, and by incentivizing quality journalism on AI safety through the CJF Hinton Award, the foundation aims to shift public understanding and policymaker attention toward existential and catastrophic AI risks. The involvement of a Nobel Laureate as co-founder and public face amplifies the credibility and reach of this awareness effort.
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- Apr 2, 2026, 9:51 PM UTC
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- Mar 19, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC