Frontier AI Safety Research (FAIR)

Frontier AI Safety Research (FAIR), also known as FAIR IALAB or FAIR UBA IALAB, is a nonprofit research organization founded in 2024 by María Victoria Carro at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. It operates as an integral part of UBA IALAB, the Laboratory of Innovation and Artificial Intelligence at the university's Faculty of Law. FAIR is committed to advancing frontier AI safety through high-impact interdisciplinary research. The organization treats AI safety as fundamentally a sociotechnical challenge, believing that aligning AI systems with human values requires both technical innovation and a deep understanding of the social contexts in which AI systems operate. This perspective drives FAIR to integrate multiple disciplines including technical AI safety, cognitive science, law, and sociology. The organization pursues three core objectives: cultivating local research talent in AI safety through mentorship and career development; conducting rigorous interdisciplinary research on AI evaluations, governance, alignment, and societal risks; and fostering global community among researchers, practitioners, and policymakers across academia, industry, and government. FAIR has published research at prominent venues including NeurIPS 2024 and NeurIPS 2025, as well as the Clear 2025 conference and the CogInterp workshop. The team of approximately 12 people is led by Founder and Director María Victoria Carro, a lawyer and PhD candidate who has been a visiting researcher at University College London. Technical Leads include Mario A. Leiva and Facundo Nieto. The advisory board includes Juan G. Corvalán (Director of IALAB UBA), Vanina Martinez (IIIA-CSIC, Barcelona), and Gerardo I. Simari (Universidad Nacional del Sur and CONICET). The organization is based at Av. Figueroa Alcorta 2263, CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.