University of Virginia
Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the University of Virginia (UVA) is one of the top-ranked public research universities in the United States. Its AI safety-relevant work includes Yu Meng's LLM alignment research (supported by an OpenAI Superalignment Fast Grant), Lu Feng's work on runtime safety for embodied AI, and the Virginia AI Security Initiative (VAISI), a student community dedicated to mitigating risks from advanced AI through education, career development, and community building in technical alignment and AI governance.
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- $5,800,000,000
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Theory of Change
UVA's AI safety-relevant work operates through multiple pathways: (1) technical research on LLM alignment and post-training methods that directly contributes to making AI systems safer and more reliably aligned with human preferences; (2) research on runtime safety for embodied AI systems operating in physical environments; (3) talent development through student groups like VAISI that train the next generation of AI safety researchers and governance professionals; and (4) institutional initiatives promoting responsible AI development across research and education.
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from Open Philanthropy
from Long-Term Future Fund
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- Last Updated
- Apr 2, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC
- Created
- Mar 19, 2026, 10:43 PM UTC