For AI Researchers

Where research
meets operations.

For frontier labs and AI safety researchers: the channel from technical findings to the doctrine, acquisition, and operational decisions that determine how AI gets fielded — or whether it does.

How we work with labs

Translation, not lobbying.

Three modes of engagement with frontier AI labs and the broader research community.

Stress-testing

Independent capability evaluation

Rigorous, non-commercial assessment of frontier model capabilities in scenarios relevant to national security decision-makers.

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Translation

From technical findings to operational language

Turning research outputs into the formats operators, policymakers, and acquisition leaders can act on without losing technical fidelity.

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Convening

Closed-door labs–government dialogue

A neutral institutional venue for direct conversation between frontier labs and the national security enterprise — with editorial standards on both sides.

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AI Safety is the larger mission.

Frontier Security Institute is an independently governed affiliate of the Center for AI Safety. The parent's mission — reducing societal-scale risks from artificial intelligence — is the field we extend into the National Security Enterprise.

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Work with us.

Evaluations, red-teams, joint convenings, technical advisory — if your work shapes what frontier AI can do, ours determines how it gets used.

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