TL;DR: Please consider donating to Palisade Research this year, especially if you care about reducing catastrophic AI risks via research, science communications, and policy. Donations are matched 1:1 up to $1.1 million. You can donate via Every.org or reach out at donate@palisaderesearch.org.

Who We Are

Palisade Research is a nonprofit focused on reducing civilization-scale risks from agentic AI systems. We conduct empirical research on frontier AI systems, and inform policymakers and the public about AI capabilities and the risks to human control.

This year, we found that some frontier AI agents resist being shut down even when instructed otherwise—and that they sometimes cheat at chess by hacking their environment. These results were covered in Time, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, BBC Newshour, and MIT Technology Review.

We've also built relationships in Washington, briefing officials in the executive branch and members of the House and Senate. We've introduced policymakers to key evidence like METR's capability trend lines and Apollo's antischeming.ai chains of thought. Our own research has been cited repeatedly by members of Congress and in congressional hearings.

With additional funding, we'll grow our research team—both continuing to evaluate frontier model behavior and beginning more systematic investigation into what [...]

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Outline:

(00:38) Who We Are

(02:24) 2025. track record

(02:28) Research

(02:32) Chess-hacking

(03:21) Shutdown resistance

(04:22) Strategic capabilities

(05:43) Policy

(06:51) Working with allies

(07:30) Plans and directions for 2026

(07:35) Research

(07:48) Studying AI drives and motivations

(09:18) Evaluating strategic AI capabilities

(10:34) Science Communication

(11:47) Public Policy

(12:45) How to Support Our Work

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First published:
December 18th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7Jr7matwXHj2Chugw/help-keep-ai-under-human-control-palisade-research-2026

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

“Help keep AI under human control: Palisade Research 2026 fundraiser” by Jeffrey Ladish, benwr, Eli Tyre, John Steidley

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