We are dedicated to the study and mitigation of risks that could lead to human extinction or civilisational collapse
Public lecture
AI & Technical Governance Series: Tangible trustworthiness for AI systems
- 03 May 2024
- Online
Public lecture
VMSG 60th Anniversary Lecture Series: How can social sciences be used to explore how communities think and feel about volcanic risk and to better inform disaster risk management?
- 08 May 2024
- Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site, University of Cambridge
Public lecture
Reflections on the legacy of Sir Joseph Rotblat in a time of rising nuclear risk: the responsibility of scientists with Athene Donald
- 09 May 2024
- Babbage Lecture Theatre and Online
Conference
Cambridge Conference on Catastrophic Risk 2024
- 17 September 2024
- Central Cambridge
Alexandru Marcoci awarded funding from Open Philanthropy’s Benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks program
- 19 April 2024
Comment: Turning a groundswell of climate action into ground rules for net zero
- 16 April 2024
Editorial: Stuck in ‘the field’: why applied epidemiology needs to go home
- 11 April 2024
The Monist special issue on existential risk
- 01 April 2024
Working together to safeguard humanity
We are an interdisciplinary research centre within the University of Cambridge who study existential risks, develop collaborative strategies to reduce them, and foster a global community of academics, technologists and policy-makers working to safeguard humanity. Our research focuses on biological risks, environmental risks, risks from artificial intelligence, and how to manage extreme technological risk in general.
An interdisciplinary team working together with influential and visionary advisors
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We work with leading academics, technologists and policy-makers from around the world.
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Now is an important time for efforts to reduce existential risk. This is the first century in which one species holds the future of the planet in its hands – us. Will we be able to reap the benefits of technology or will the human story end with us?
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