Future of Life Institute

EU Legislative Interests

Artificial Intelligence Act (including Codes of Practice,) AI Liability Directive, Regulation of Autonomous Weapons.

Communication Activities

Selected publications, full list available on our main website: - Monthly newsletter on autonomous weapons, from March 2024 onwards - Feedback on the Scientific Panel of Independent Experts Implementing EU AI Regulation, November 2024 - Competition in Generative AI: Future of Life Institute’s Feedback to the European Commission’s Consultation, March 2024 - European Commission Manifesto: Recommendations for the next European Commission mandate, Future of Life Institute, March 2024 - Policymaking in the Pause. What can policymakers do now to combat risks from advanced AI systems?, Future of Life Institute, April 2023. - FLI Position Paper on AI Liability, Future of Life Institute, November 2022. - Call For Better Protections of People Affected at the Source of the AI Value Chain, Future of Life Institute, October 2022. - A Proposal for a Definition of General Purpose Artificial Intelligence Systems, Future of Life Institute, October 2022. - The EU needs to protect (more) against AI manipulation, EurActiv, February 2022. - Position Paper on the AI Act, Future of Life Institute, August 2021. - Lethal Autonomous Weapons Exist; They Must Be Banned, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Spectrum, June 2021. - Open letter on Foresight in AI regulation, Future of Life Institute, 2020. Events - Made in Europe: Generating the ecosystem of trustworthy AI innovation, May 16 2024 Relevant websites run by FLI - futureoflife.org, main website - artificialintelligenceact.eu, provides analysis on the AI Act as well as a biweekly newsletter - autonomousweapons.org, makes the case for the regulation of autonomous weapons - autonomousweaponswatch.org, database demonstrating which weapons systems with concerning levels of autonomy have been developed globally

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology AI Safety Institute Consortium Partnership on AI, a nonprofit coalition committed to the responsible use of artificial intelligence. The Future of Life Institute is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). The Institute also participates in the Forum for Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence, which is a network jointly hosted by Brookings and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS).

Additional Information

i) More information about our finances can be found on this webpage: https://futureoflife.org/about-us/finances/ ii) FLI only engaged in limited fundraising in 2024 and our total income amounted to 83,241 EUR. Donations were small grassroots and PayPal donations. iii) Our budget deficit was covered entirely by our endowment, which has been provided by Vitalik Buterin in 2021. This funding has helped FLI maintain its independence. We are also using his donated funds to support a multi-year grant program: https://futureoflife.org/grantmaking/fli-announces-grants-program-for-existential-risk-reduction/ iv) FLI holds no cryptocurrency. v) The budget figure provided is for the Future of Life Institute globally, of which our EU activities are a small part. The total budget amount includes our external regranting (e.g. our PhD fellowships). vi) With the exception of the Estonian Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn, who has served on FLI’s Board of Directors since its 2014 founding, donors do not influence our policy positions. Our conflict of interest policy can be found on this webpage: https://futureoflife.org/conflict-of-interest-policy/ vii) The euro amounts listed have been converted from US dollars at the exchange rate for December 31, 2024. viii) Our annual audit is in process, and FLI reserves the right to modify these provisional figures once the audit has been completed. ix) FLI makes use of the services from Dentons Global Advisors, who provide us with analysis and strategic advice. Our expenditure on these services is declared in their entry (Dentons Global Advisors Europe SA, 7028457765-59). x) Our annual spend on EU advocacy amounts to € 446,619 EUR. This includes staff salaries and our spending on Dentons Global Advisors.