Advocacy organization · Policy · San Francisco, CA · Est. 2024
Secure AI Project (SAIP) is a U.S.-based policy advocacy organization focused on reducing risks of severe harm from advanced AI through state- and federal-legislative strategy. SAIP says it works to translate existing voluntary commitments by major AI developers—especially around publishing safety and security protocols—into enforceable requirements in legislation, including principles such as making safety practices “reasonable” and enabling outside verification.
In its framing, the gap is not whether companies publish protocols, but whether those practices are held to best practices and can be independently checked; SAIP therefore advocates for transparency plus external accountability mechanisms in laws targeting the largest frontier/advanced AI developers. SAIP’s materials also state that it does not accept corporate funding or foreign-government funding, and that its work is funded by individual donors and nonprofit institutions. SAIP reports that it has advised on and helped advance a set of AI safety transparency bills in multiple states, with its activity beginning in 2025 and continuing through 2026 legislative cycles.
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed SB 315 (the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act). The press release quotes Nick Beckstead (CEO, Secure AI Project) describing the law’s independent third-party evaluation requirement for AI safety practices.
AI security debate emerges as “one of the most important issues” this sessionNPR Illinois reports on Illinois lawmakers weighing safeguards for frontier/advanced AI systems, describing SB 315 and quoting Scott Wisor (Secure AI Project) discussing “rules of the road” for AI safety and the role of independent verification/audits.
Governor Newsom Signs Senator Wiener’s Landmark AI Law To Set Commonsense Guardrails, Boost InnovationSenator Scott Wiener’s office describes the signing of California’s SB 53 and notes requirements for transparency into safety and security protocols, reporting of critical safety incidents, and whistleblower protections. The release also quotes Thomas Woodside (Secure AI Project) on the significance of SB 53.