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Everything worth reading about AI and human control. In one place.

Research papers, investigations, explainers, videos, laws and the organizations doing the work, from people who are alarmed and people who are skeptical. New additions are checked by two people before they are listed. The launch collection was compiled with the help of AI research assistants, and every link was opened and checked on 22 September 2026.

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Apollo Research

Apollo Research · apolloresearch.ai

Studies 'scheming', where AI systems covertly pursue goals their developers did not intend, and builds methods and tools to detect and monitor it.

Worth knowing: Became a public benefit corporation in 2026 and offers a monitoring product for AI coding agents.

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Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)

Machine Intelligence Research Institute · MIRI · intelligence.org

One of the oldest AI safety groups, whose early research helped found the field; it now argues that building superintelligence with current methods would most likely lead to human extinction.

Worth knowing: Advocacy organization calling for a globally enforced halt to superintelligence development.

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Redwood Research

Redwood Research · redwoodresearch.org

Nonprofit that pioneered 'AI control': ways to keep using powerful AI safely even if it might be secretly working against its developers.

Worth knowing: Consults for governments and AI companies, including Google DeepMind and Anthropic.