About Us
ControlAI is a non-profit working to prevent the risk of human extinction posed by runaway machine intelligence.
In just over a year, we have briefed over 250 congressional offices, consulted on the first bill to ban runaway machine intelligence ever introduced in the U.S. Congress. We have mobilized more than 50,000 supporters to send over 200,000 messages to their lawmakers, most of them in the U.S. Our work has been covered in media outlets including the BBC, CNN and Fox News.
In the past 2 years, across the U.S., UK, Canada and Germany, we've briefed over 400 lawmakers and over 200 support our campaigns recognizing extinction risk from AI and calling for action on runaway machine intelligence.
Our focus
Nobel Prize winners, leading AI experts and even the CEOs of major AI companies have warned that runaway machine intelligence poses an extinction risk for humanity. Yet, most decision-makers and most of the public are still in the dark about these risks.
ControlAI exists to change this. We help hundreds of thousands of people understand where AI is going, and take civic action to secure their future. We do this across all democratic institutions, from lawmakers to the media, civil society, and the public. We operate like a startup: clear objectives, measurable goals, and real-world results over long-term research.
Learn more about our current work here.
Our Leadership
Andrea Miotti
Founder & CEO
Andrea Miotti is the founder and CEO of ControlAI, a non-profit dedicated to mitigating the risks from powerful AI systems. ControlAI calls for prohibiting the development of runaway machine intelligence, as AI experts assess it poses an extinction risk.
Andrea’s expert commentary and op-eds have appeared in outlets including TIME, the BBC, The Guardian, Sky News, and more.
Andrea is available for quotes and media appearances. View his speaker profile.
Connor Leahy
US Executive Director
Connor Leahy is the US Executive Director of ControlAI and a leading voice on AI. He was the founder of EleutherAI, a community that built the first open-source LLMs, and the AI safety startup Conjecture. He currently also runs the humanist volunteer group, Torchbearer Community.
He is an expert on risks from advanced AI who has appeared on CNN, Fox News, and CBS News. Connor’s expert commentary has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Financial Times, and more.
Connor is available for media commentary and appearances. View his speaker profile.
Team
Leticia García Martínez
UK Parliamentary Engagement Lead
Sophie Toura
Head of UK Operations
Grace Gonzales
Media Engagement Lead
Max Winga
Creator Outreach & Systems Lead
Mayank Adlakha
Policy Advisor, UK
Anna Bruvere
Policy Advisor, UK
Michael Mayhew
Policy Advisor, UK
Esmé Carter
Media Relations Officer
Alex Amadori
Senior Policy Analyst
Adam Shimi
Policy Researcher
Tolga Bilge
Policy Researcher
Benjamin Balde
Program Officer (Germany)
Samuel Buteau
Program Officer (Canada)
Derry Duffy
Junior Outreach Officer
Eva Behrens
Special Projects Lead
Our Advisors
Des Browne
Advisor to ControlAI
The Rt Hon. the Lord Browne of Ladyton (Des Browne) is a former UK Defence Secretary with decades of experience at the highest levels of national security and global risk. He is Vice Chair of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and Chair and co-founder of the European Leadership Network. He is an influential voice in UK discussions on AI governance and has been one of the strongest supporters of ControlAI's campaign from an early stage.
Gabriel Alfour
Advisor to ControlAI, Entrepreneur
Gabriel is a founder of several companies with a background in theoretical computer science, and has long been interested in understanding and tackling fundamental challenges of advancing and shaping technological progress. Right out of university, he developed a new programming language and founded a software consultancy. He later co-founded Conjecture with Connor, and helped Andrea found ControlAI.
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