Ecosystem/Palisade Research

Palisade Research

NonprofitPreliminary

UK-based nonprofit conducting AI safety evaluations and alignment research. Smaller evaluation org focused on specific safety testing methodologies.

HQUK
Est2023
palisaderesearch.org
Score
41.6 / 100
Confidence
Preliminary

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

Strengths:Technical Safety
Weaknesses:Governance Maturity, Risk Assessment, Regulatory Readiness, External Engagement
Competitive positioning

Small player in evaluation space. Competes with METR, Apollo Research. Less well-known than peers.

Key risk

Limited funding and visibility. Risk of being crowded out by better-funded evaluation orgs.

Enterprise traction

Research outputs only. No commercial customers.

Safety area

Evaluations & Benchmarking

Enterprise business needs
Test my AI before deployment

Security Assessment

Security-relevant indicators for vendor evaluation

Security Posture
52
TS-01dim: 55
Red Teaming & Pre-deployment Testing
Adversarial testing before deployment
TS-05dim: 55
Robustness & Adversarial Resilience
Resistance to adversarial attacks
RA-01dim: 48
Sector-Specific Risk Assessment
Risk analysis for deployment context
RA-03dim: 48
Dual-Use & Misuse Risk
Dangerous capability awareness
RA-07dim: 48
Incident History & Track Record
Past incidents and response quality
EE-04dim: 45
Vulnerability Disclosure Program
Bug bounty or CVE reporting process
Incident History
Palisade Research 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

GM
Governance Maturitypreliminary
Published policies, corporate structure, safety mandate, whistleblowing, executive commitment.
40
TS
Technical Safetypreliminary
Benchmarks, adversarial robustness, fine-tuning safety, watermarking, model cards, research output.
55
RA
Risk Assessmentpreliminary
Dangerous capability evaluations, thresholds, external testing, bug bounty, halt conditions.
48
RR
Regulatory Readinesspreliminary
ISO 42001, EU AI Act compliance, GPAI obligations, international commitments, incident reporting.
20
EE
External Engagementpreliminary
Survey participation, research support, transparency, behavior specs, open-source contributions.
45

Social Impact & Safety Profile

Emerging

Palisade Research is a smaller evaluation organisation focused on specific safety testing methodologies. Research outputs contribute to the broader AI safety evaluation ecosystem but commercial impact remains limited.

safety evaluationsalignment research

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