The Center for AI Safety Action Fund (CAIS AF) is a nonpartisan 501(c)(4) advocacy organization incorporated in July 2023 and formally launched in Washington, DC in July 2024. Led by Executive Director Varun Krovi, CAIS AF works to advance public policies that maintain U.S. leadership in AI while minimizing societal-scale risks. The organization convenes lawmakers, business leaders, national security experts, and machine learning engineers; collaborates with academia, civil society, and industry on bipartisan AI policy; and educates policymakers on AI safety, security, and trustworthiness. Key policy priorities include U.S. leadership in AI chip manufacturing, compute security through export controls, preventing malicious use of AI, and advancing global cooperation on AI safety.
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CAIS AF believes that effective public policy is essential to ensuring AI development proceeds safely. By convening diverse stakeholders, collaborating on bipartisan legislation, and educating policymakers on technical AI safety issues, the organization aims to shape the regulatory environment so that the U.S. maintains leadership in AI while establishing guardrails against catastrophic risks. The causal chain runs from building bipartisan coalitions and policy expertise, to securing concrete legislative and funding wins for AI safety institutions, to ultimately reducing the probability of societal-scale AI harms through a robust policy framework.
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- Apr 2, 2026, 9:50 PM UTC
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- Mar 18, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC