Center on Long-Term Risk
The Center on Long-Term Risk (CLR) is a London-based research organization dedicated to addressing worst-case risks from the development and deployment of advanced AI systems. CLR's research focuses on reducing suffering risks (s-risks) by studying conflict scenarios and promoting cooperative behavior between transformative AI systems. The organization conducts interdisciplinary research, operates the CLR Fund for grantmaking, runs a Summer Research Fellowship and Fundamentals Program, and provides career coaching to build a community of researchers working on these problems.
Funding Details
- Annual Budget
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- Current Runway
- 12 months
- Funding Goal
- $400,000
- Funding Raised to Date
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Theory of Change
CLR's theory of change rests on the premise that as humanity develops more powerful technologies, particularly transformative AI, the consequences of poor values or insufficient societal reflection become catastrophically larger in scale. CLR identifies a class of worst-case outcomes called s-risks -- scenarios involving astronomical amounts of suffering -- and focuses on understanding the conditions that could lead to such outcomes. Their primary intervention pathway is developing and communicating insights about safe AI development to relevant stakeholders, including AI labs and policymakers. They focus on robust interventions that reduce conflict and promote cooperation in interactions involving powerful AI systems, reasoning that cooperative frameworks are more likely to prevent the deliberate or accidental creation of suffering at scale. They also invest in community building and talent development to grow the pool of researchers working on these problems.
Grants Received
from Survival and Flourishing Fund
from Survival and Flourishing Fund
from Survival and Flourishing Fund
Projects
The CLR Summer Research Fellowship is an annual 8-week paid program that places researchers on s-risk and empirical AI safety projects, serving as CLR's primary talent pipeline into the field.
The CLR Fund is the grantmaking program of the Center on Long-Term Risk, supporting researchers and projects working to reduce worst-case suffering risks from advanced AI systems.
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- Last Updated
- Apr 2, 2026, 9:58 PM UTC
- Created
- Mar 18, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC