The Center for AI Safety

Privacy Policy

We pursue impactful research on a variety of topics in ML safety.

Center for AI Safety, Inc (“we” or “us”) respects the privacy of our constituents. In order to better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected when you visit safe.ai (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy works in conjunction with the Terms of Use

Information We Collect and How We Use It 

  1. In the course of using safe.ai, we may collect your email addresses for our listserv and payment information for donations.
  2. Center for AI Safety, Inc does not sell names or other personal information about our safe.ai users and subscribers to mass marketers or any other entity, nor do we engage in exchanges of such information. We do not share donor information with other organizations. 
  3. Online credit card donations are processed through a third party service provider and we do not retain, store, sell or share any of your credit card, payment-related, or other personal information. 
  4. We use anonymized analytical cookies to count the number of website users and understand how users navigate the website. This helps us improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring users can find what they are looking for easily.
  5. We protect our database by means of various technical and procedural measures, and we restrict access to your information by unauthorized persons. We require our third party service providers to comply with confidentiality requirements and to not use your personal information for marketing purposes without your consent.
  6. We reserve the right to use personal information to protect the security or integrity of safe.ai; to protect against a threat to personal safety or destruction of property; to protect against legal liability; or to cooperate with government officials or parties in litigation, or as otherwise required by law. We may also share personal information with our successors and assigns in accordance with law. 

Privacy of Children

We are pleased when youth visit safe.ai to learn more about Center for AI Safety, Inc and reducing high-consequence risks from artificial intelligence. However, we do not knowingly solicit data from children or knowingly reach out to children under the age of 18.

Links to Other Websites 

The Website may provide links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of other websites (including security, collection of personal information, or use of cookies) or practices of other organizations and individuals. 

Anti-Spam Policy and Your Opt-Out Rights 

We are committed to permission-based communication and preventing the spread of spam or other forms of unsolicited emails. If you have received an email in error, you may remove your information from our database by requesting to unsubscribe at contact@safe.ai.

Commitment to Data Security 

Center for AI Safety, Inc takes precautions to host and maintain a secure website and to safeguard data from unauthorized use. We undertake a range of security practices, including measures to help restrict web access to or inappropriate use of sensitive data.  

Your Consent and Questions 

By submitting personal information through this Website, you give your consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of such information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or requests about the status and correctness of data you have provided to Center for AI Safety, Inc, please email contact@safe.ai

Changes to the Privacy Policy 

We review our privacy practices from time to time, and these practices are subject to change. Any change will be effective immediately upon posting on our Website and by changing the effective date below. Be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of this Privacy Policy. 

Effective Date: 3/13/2023

Terms of Use 

Welcome to the safe.ai website (the “Website”), operated by Center for AI Safety, Inc (“we” or “us”). We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that reduces societal-scale risks from artificial intelligence by advancing safety research, building the safety research community, and promoting safety standards. By accessing safe.ai, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

Privacy Policy 

We value and respect your privacy. If you use the Website, you agree that your activities are covered by our Privacy Policy. 

Use of Publications, Trademarks, and Logos

  1. We provide information and resources on risks from artificial intelligence. Unless otherwise expressly stated, all content provided on the Website is intellectual property that belongs to us. You are permitted to download information from the Website for your own personal informational use. You may also copy, distribute, adapt, and transmit content from this Website solely for not-for-profit or educational purposes, provided that the use contains the following attribution: [“Reproduced with permission of Center for AI Safety, Inc”. ] You may not suggest any other relationship, endorsement or affiliation with us unless you obtain express written permission. 
  2. For any other use, you must obtain express written permission from us. 
  3. You may not use or duplicate any Center for AI Safety, Inc logos or trademarks without express written permission from us.  
  4. To request permission for use of copyrighted material, trademarks, or logos, send an email to contact@safe.ai.

Links to Other Websites

Links on the Website that lead to outside services and resources are provided for convenience only. We do not control the accuracy or availability of those outside services and resources. Any concerns regarding any such service or resource, or any link, should be directed to the particular service or resource. 

Third Party Content 

We respect copyright and trademark laws. Third-party material may appear on our site, and those creators retain all rights to their works, except where noted. 

No Guarantees 

Though we strive to keep the information available on the Website current and accurate, errors can and do occur. We provide the information on the Website with no representations or guarantees of accuracy, completeness, or timeliness. Center for AI Safety, Inc will not be liable to you or any other person for any damages that result from the use or inability to use the Website, or as a result of any content, information, services, or resources made available through the Website. 

Indemnification 

  1. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless each of us, our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and volunteers from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to, arising out of, or related to your use of this Website, the violation of these Terms of Use by you, or the infringement by you of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. 

About These Terms – General Provisions 

  1. If we do not immediately take action to address a violation of these Terms of Use, we are not waiving our rights to take action in the future. If any particular provision of these Terms of Use is found to be unenforceable, that provision will be severable and will not affect any of the other provisions.  
  2. This Website is owned and operated by us from our offices in California. Your use of the Website, and any related legal action, will be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict of laws principles. The sole jurisdiction for any litigation arising out of your use of or inquiries to the Website will be an appropriate federal or state court located in San Francisco, California.

Changes to the Terms of Use 

We reserve the right to make changes to any information or services on the Website, including these Terms of Use, without notice to you. The most current Terms of Use will be posted here on the Website and will be effective upon posting. The Effective Date will be posted with the most current Terms of Use. Be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of these Terms of Use.  

Effective Date: 3/13/2023