GovAI

NonprofitPreliminary

Centre for the Governance of AI - Oxford-based policy research organisation studying how AI should be governed. Research shapes international AI policy.

HQUK

Est2018

governance.ai

Score

47.0 / 100

Confidence

Preliminary

Developing safety practices - core foundations in place with room for improvement.

Strengths:Governance Maturity, Regulatory Readiness, External Engagement

Weaknesses:Technical Safety, Risk Assessment

Safety Profile

Competitive positioning

Leading AI governance think tank. Unique Oxford institutional backing. Competes with RAND, Brookings on AI policy research but with deeper technical focus.

Key risk

Academic pace may not match the speed of AI development. Policy research influence is indirect and hard to measure.

Enterprise traction

Policy papers cited by governments. No commercial customers.

government

Safety area

Governance Tooling

Enterprise business needs

Train the next generation

Security Assessment

Security-relevant indicators for vendor evaluation

Security Posture

TS-01dim: 35

Red Teaming & Pre-deployment Testing

Adversarial testing before deployment

TS-05dim: 35

Robustness & Adversarial Resilience

Resistance to adversarial attacks

RA-01dim: 40

Sector-Specific Risk Assessment

Risk analysis for deployment context

RA-03dim: 40

Dual-Use & Misuse Risk

Dangerous capability awareness

RA-07dim: 40

Incident History & Track Record

Past incidents and response quality

EE-04dim: 55

Vulnerability Disclosure Program

Bug bounty or CVE reporting process

Incident History

GovAI incident records sourced from AIAAIC Repository and public reporting.

Integration: AIAAIC, OECD AI Incidents Monitor

Third-Party Audits

External audit reports, SOC 2 attestations, and ISO certifications verified where published.

Sources: Company filings, registry lookups

CVE & Disclosures

Known vulnerabilities and security advisories from NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, and vendor pages.

Sources: NVD, GHSA, vendor disclosure pages

Dimension Breakdown

Governance Maturitypreliminary

Published policies, corporate structure, safety mandate, whistleblowing, executive commitment.

Technical Safetypreliminary

Benchmarks, adversarial robustness, fine-tuning safety, watermarking, model cards, research output.

Risk Assessmentpreliminary

Dangerous capability evaluations, thresholds, external testing, bug bounty, halt conditions.

Regulatory Readinesspreliminary

ISO 42001, EU AI Act compliance, GPAI obligations, international commitments, incident reporting.

External Engagementpreliminary

Survey participation, research support, transparency, behavior specs, open-source contributions.

Social Impact & Safety Profile

Strong

GovAI's research papers are cited by governments worldwide and directly influence AI policy development. Their work on compute governance, international AI agreements, and frontier model regulation shapes the global governance landscape.

policy researchcompute governanceinternational regulation

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