Cooperative AI Foundation

Who we are

CAIF’s mission is to support research that will improve the cooperative intelligence of advanced AI for the benefit of all. This mission is driven by our belief that many threats to humanity – such as climate change, nuclear war, and pandemics – are problems of cooperation, and that AI will be increasingly important in solving (or exacerbating) them.

Our ambition is to build the nascent field of cooperative AI, improving the ability of AI systems to engender cooperation between humans, machines, and institutions. The recently published Multi Agent Risks report gives some further background.

Our culture and values

Our values are important to us. The “benefit of all” sits at the heart of everything we do. We are relentless in our ambition to have the greatest possible positive impact, both supporting and trusting our staff to perform at their best. We strive to learn from our failures, through a culture of curiosity, openness, and compassion, alongside evidence-based reasoning and rigorous evaluation. With a diversity of perspectives and values forming the core of any cooperation problem, we must also practise what we preach, maintaining plurality, equity, and inclusiveness in all that we do.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

CAIF is committed to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion. 

Our mission is to improve the cooperative intelligence of advanced AI for the benefit of all, and believe we can only achieve that if we build a diverse team, work inclusively and address underrepresentation and unfairness in all that we do. 

As a foundation, with access to funding and resources we recognise that our decisions have the potential to reinforce or challenge existing inequality. We aim to challenge inequality where it exists.  

We operate in a field that is predominantly led by people from more privileged demographics and believe it is essential to amplify other voices and build a more globally representative sector if we are to achieve our goals.