Strategic Partnership with OpenAI: Advancing AI Safety Together
We’re excited to announce a strategic research partnership with OpenAI, combining our strengths to tackle some of the most challenging problems in AI safety and alignment.
The Partnership
This collaboration brings together:
OpenAI’s expertise in large-scale model training and deployment zAGIoth’s focus on mechanistic interpretability and formal verification
Together, we’ll work on:
Joint Research Initiatives
Alignment Research
- Scalable oversight techniques
- Constitutional AI frameworks
- Value learning from human feedback
Interpretability
- Mechanistic understanding of transformer models
- Causal tracing in large language models
- Building more transparent AI systems
Safety Evaluations
- Comprehensive benchmark suites
- Red-teaming methodologies
- Adversarial robustness testing
Shared Infrastructure
We’re pooling resources to build:
- Compute clusters optimized for safety research
- Evaluation frameworks for alignment metrics
- Open-source tools for the broader research community
Knowledge Exchange
- Researcher exchanges: Team members working across both organizations
- Joint publications: Co-authored papers in top venues
- Shared workshops: Regular sync-ups on latest findings
Why This Matters
AI safety research benefits from diverse approaches. By combining:
- Different research philosophies
- Complementary technical expertise
- Varied perspectives on alignment challenges
We can make faster progress on ensuring AGI remains beneficial and aligned with human values.
Governance & Independence
Important clarifications:
✅ Independent organizations: Both companies maintain separate governance ✅ Open research: Findings will be published openly ✅ Competitive on products: Partnership is research-focused, not commercial ✅ Safety board oversight: Each organization’s safety board maintains independence
Research Areas
Phase 1 (Q1-Q2 2025)
Focus on interpretability tools and alignment benchmarks
Phase 2 (Q3-Q4 2025)
Scaling oversight techniques and constitutional AI frameworks
Phase 3 (2026+)
Long-term alignment solutions for AGI systems
For the Research Community
This partnership strengthens our commitment to open research:
- All tools open-sourced: Infrastructure available to researchers worldwide
- Public workshops: Quarterly sessions sharing latest findings
- Collaboration opportunities: Visiting researcher programs at both orgs
Join the Effort
Interested in contributing to this work?
Research positions: careers@zagioth.ai Academic collaborations: research@zagioth.ai Community engagement: Join our Discord
Looking Forward
The challenges ahead in AI safety are immense, but collaboration makes us stronger. We’re grateful to OpenAI for their partnership and excited about what we’ll build together.
The future of AI depends on getting safety right. Let’s do this together.
Press inquiries: press@zagioth.ai Partnership details: partnerships@zagioth.ai