The LISA Team consists of James Fox, Mike Brozowski, Joe Murray, Nina Wolff-Ingham, Ryan Kidd, and Christian Smith. LISA’s Advisory Board consists of Henry Sleight, Jessica Rumbelow, Marius Hobbhahn, Jamie Bernardi, and Callum McDougall. Everyone has contributed significantly to the founding of LISA, believes in its mission & vision, and assisted with writing this post. TL;DR: The London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) is a new AI Safety research centre. Our mission is to improve the safety of advanced AI systems by supporting and empowering individual researchers and small organisations. We opened in September 2023, and our office space currently hosts several research organisations and upskilling programmes, including Apollo Research, Leap Labs, MATS extension, ARENA, and BlueDot Impact, as well as many individual and externally affiliated researchers. LISA is open to different types of membership applications from other AI safety researchers and organisations. * (Affiliate) members can access talks by high-profile researchers, workshops, and other events. Past speakers have included Stuart Russell (UC Berkeley, CHAI), Tom Everitt & Neel Nanda (Google DeepMind), and Adam Gleave (FAR AI), amongst others. * Amenities for LISA Residents include 24/7 access to private & open-plan desks (with monitors, etc), catering (including lunches, dinners, snacks & drinks), and meeting rooms & phone booths. We also provide immigration, accommodation, and operational support; fiscal sponsorship & employer of record (upcoming); and regular socials & well-being benefits. Although we host a limited number of short-term visitors for free, we charge long-term residents to cover our costs at varying rates depending on their circumstances. Nevertheless, we never want financial constraints to be a barrier to leading AI safety research, so please still get in touch if you would like to work from LISA’s offices but aren't able to pay. If you or your organisation are interested in w