Strategic Intelligence Report
Generated July 30, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Redwood Research
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Headquarters
Berkeley, California, USA
Website
Employees
30 (2026, approximate)
Founded
2021
Listing
nonprofit
Overview
A technical AI safety research organization focused on 'AI control' -- techniques to ensure AI systems cannot subvert safety measures even if misaligned -- advising Google DeepMind and Anthropic on assessing and mitigating risks from misaligned AI agents. Redwood Research partnered with the UK AI Security Institute to publish 'A sketch of an AI control safety case,' describing how developers can construct a structured argument that models are incapable of subverting control measures, and hosted ControlConf 2026, concluding that control techniques are now load-bearing for the safety of real-world agent deployments.
Dependency Map
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Strategic Connections
Supply Chain
- UK AI Security Institute (AISI): Redwood Research partnered with the UK AI Security Institute to publish 'A sketch of an AI control safety case' for assessing whether models can subvert control measures.
Development
- AI Safety, Alignment & Governance: Redwood Research partners with the UK AI Security Institute on AI control safety cases and advises Google DeepMind and Anthropic on misalignment mitigation.
Competition / Other
- METR: Redwood Research and METR both conduct independent technical AI safety evaluation and control research, often collaborating with the same frontier labs and government institutes.
Strategic Risks
- AI control techniques remain nascent relative to the pace of frontier model capability growth, creating a persistent gap between deployed safeguards and model capability
- Reliance on continued voluntary cooperation from frontier labs (Google DeepMind, Anthropic) for research access could be curtailed at any time
Future Outlook
- Continued development and real-world adoption of AI control techniques as frontier labs build out initial control measures
- Expanding government partnerships (following the UK AISI collaboration) as more countries stand up AI safety evaluation capacity
Sources
- Redwood Research (Apr 2026) — Redwood Research and UK AISI publish AI control safety case, host ControlConf 2026
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