AI Governance and Safety Institute (AIGSI)

The AI Governance and Safety Institute (AIGSI) is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in London, UK, focused on reducing existential risk from advanced AI systems through research, outreach, and education. The organization was founded and is led by Mikhail Samin, who serves as Executive Director. Samin is a London-based entrepreneur and effective altruist who previously founded audd.io (a music recognition company) and was an organizer of the Russian HPMOR crowdfunding campaign.

AIGSI's primary activities include developing targeted educational materials and advertising campaigns that communicate AI safety concepts to specific audiences, including policymakers and the general public. The organization has reported producing ads achieving a cost of $0.10 per click to explanatory AI safety content. AIGSI also conducts and publishes research on technical AI alignment topics such as interpretability, outer alignment, and inner alignment.

AIGSI operates alongside a sister organization, the AI Safety and Governance Fund (AISGF, aisgf.us), which is structured as a 501(c)(4) to allow broader advocacy and lobbying activity without restriction. Both organizations share the same leadership and mission.

The organization is at a very early stage of development. As of the fundraising page, no staff receive salaries despite some working full-time, and all current funding goes toward communications (advertising, language model inference, and book distribution). With additional funding, AIGSI plans to scale advertising campaigns, expand its AI safety chatbot tool, hire professional designers and communicators, and support allied organizations such as CAIS and MIRI.