AI Watch is a personal research project created by Issa Rice in October 2017 to provide a comprehensive, fine-grained view of the AI safety landscape. It tracks the positions, affiliations, and histories of individuals and organizations working in AI safety and alignment. The site serves as a sociological and structural reference for the field, showing who works where, when they joined or left, and how the community has grown over time. The database contains hundreds of people and organizations, and all code and data are released under the CC0 public domain dedication.
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AI Watch improves the AI safety ecosystem by providing a clear, accurate map of who is working in the field, at which organizations, and for how long. By making this information easily accessible, it helps researchers, funders, and newcomers understand the structure and scale of the community, identify gaps, track career movements, and make better-informed decisions about where to focus effort or funding. The theory of change is indirect: better field-level transparency supports more effective coordination and resource allocation within the AI safety community.
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- Last Updated
- Apr 2, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC
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- Mar 19, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC