The Centre for the Governance of AI, Inc. (GovAI US) is a section 501(c)(3) organization in the USA (EIN 99-4000294). Its subsidiary, Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI UK) is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (with registered company number 15883729).
The GovAI US board exercises authority over GovAI US, and maintains arm's-length control over GovAI UK as the Sole Member of the subsidiary. GovAI UK has its own board, consisting of a mix of GovAI UK staff members and representation from the GovAI US board.
Decision-Making Within GovAI
Our Director, Ben Garfinkel, is responsible for managing the organisation and signing off on sufficiently consequential decisions, except in cases where these decisions are more appropriately made by the board. All GovAI team members and affiliates will be asked to recuse themselves from decisions where they possess moderate or strong conflicts of interest. In cases where they possess strong conflicts of interest, they will also be asked to refrain from offering opinions or any other inputs that could plausibly bias decisions.
Funding
GovAI is funded by philanthropic organizations and individual donors. So far, the majority of our funding has come from Open Philanthropy. Our other main institutional funders have been the Survival and Flourishing Fund, the Long-Term Future Fund, the Center for Emerging Risk Research, and the Waking Up Foundation. GovAI does not currently accept donations from for-profit organisations.
We will not accept donations that we believe might compromise the independence or accuracy of our work.
