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Redwood Research is listed on DirJournal under AI Safety Research Labs in Berkeley, California, United States.

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Redwood Research

Redwood Research is an AI safety research organization focused on technical alignment research and AI control, founded in 2021 and headquartered in Berkeley, California. Founded by Nate Thomas, Buck Shlegeris, and Bill Zito, Redwood Research conducts empirical alignment research focused on AI control techniques designed to safely deploy AI systems even when alignment is uncertain, mechanistic interpretability research, model organisms research, and AI safety evaluations. The organization publishes influential research on AI control protocols, scalable oversight, and adversarial robustness, partners with major AI labs and the broader AI safety community, and contributes to setting research agendas for ensuring frontier AI systems remain controllable and safe through their deployment lifecycle.

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Redwood Research dominates empirical AI control research by publishing actionable safety protocols that major AI labs adopt before deployment. The organization's focus on mechanistic interpretability and scalable oversight fills a critical gap between theoretical alignment work and the practical

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About Redwood Research

What does Redwood Research do?
Redwood Research is an AI safety research organization focused on technical alignment research and AI control, founded in 2021 and headquartered in Berkeley, California. Founded by Nate Thomas, Buck Shlegeris, and Bill Zito, Redwood Research conducts empirical alignment research focused on AI control techniques designed to safely deploy AI systems
Where is Redwood Research based?
Redwood Research is based in Berkeley, California, United States.
When was Redwood Research founded?
Redwood Research was founded in 2021 and has been operating for 5 years.
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Berkeley, California, United States
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2021
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1-10 employees
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