This is a brief overview of the Center on Long-Term Risk (CLR)'s activities in 2025 and our plans for 2026. We are hoping to fundraise $400,000 to fulfill our target budget in 2026.

About us

CLR works on addressing the worst-case risks from the development and deployment of advanced AI systems in order to reduce s-risks. Our research primarily involves thinking about how to reduce conflict and promote cooperation in interactions involving powerful AI systems. In addition to research, we conduct a range of activities aimed at building a community of people interested in s-risk reduction, and support efforts that contribute to s-risk reduction via the CLR Fund.

2025 was a year of significant transition for CLR. Jesse Clifton stepped down as Executive Director in January, succeeded by Tristan Cook and Mia Taylor as Managing Director and Research Director. Following Mia's subsequent departure in August, Tristan continues as Managing Director with Niels Warncke leading empirical research.

During this period, we clarified the focus of our empirical and conceptual research agendas: respectively, studying the emergence of undesirable personas in LLMs, and developing interventions to get AIs to use “safe Pareto improvements” to prevent catastrophic conflict. We held another [...]

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Outline:

(00:28) About us

(01:44) Review of 2025

(01:49) Research

(04:47) Community building

(05:15) Donate

(05:55) Get involved

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First published:
December 4th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jiLKJhkvcznxbzMPa/center-on-long-term-risk-annual-review-and-fundraiser-2025

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