Machine Intelligence Research Institute

Technical Active Tier 1
United States Berkeley, California (per site footer) Est. 2000 Nonprofit Also: MIRI

Overview

MIRI is a long-running nonprofit focused on technical AI alignment and control research. Its official pages explicitly describe work aimed at ensuring advanced autonomous AI systems are safe and beneficial.

Mission & Focus

Primary Focus Technical
Scope of Safety Technical research on alignment/control of advanced autonomous AI systems.
Key Programs / Outputs Agent foundations researchDecision theoryAlignment theoryNontrivial alignment

Organisation

Type Nonprofit
Status Active
Funding Signals Unknown
Partners / Customers Unknown

Data Provenance

Scope Confidence High
Data Confidence High
Last Verified 2026-03-22
ID AISF-0003