What We Do

Turning Ideas into Action for a Safer AI Future

AISA helps institutions in Asia turn the influence they already hold into a practical counterweight, before decisions made upstream become impossible to reverse.

We work in three stages: curate, inform, catalyse.

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Curate

We help governments map national dependencies and connect them with frontier-risk scientists to ground policy in objective analysis.

National Circles:
We convene senior decision-makers and frontier-risk scientists to form standing policy circles in each capital.
Capacity Building & GovSim:
We deploy our specialised simulation platform to help officials identify national dependencies and the specific levers they control regarding AI infrastructure and supply chains.
Participants at a table during an AISA training session

Inform

We translate technical foresight into actionable, enforceable safeguards, ensuring governments can negotiate from a clear view of their country’s bargaining power.

Enforceable Safeguards:
We focus on securing contractual rights—such as independent inspection, human override, and exit clauses—within procurement agreements to maintain state sovereignty.
Control Concentration Checks:
We provide systematic assessment tools for ministers to evaluate dependencies and potential risks before finalising AI system agreements.
A speaker addressing a seated audience at an AISA convening

Catalyse

We maintain invitation-only channels for senior officials and diplomats across key bridge states to achieve minimum viable alignment before formal international negotiations.

Crisis Diplomacy & Tabletop Exercises:
We utilise high-stakes simulation scenarios to rehearse policy choices under pressure, moving beyond training to develop shared objectives, feasible actions, and known red lines.
Strategic Alignment:
We facilitate sustained exchange between capitals to ensure policy positions are rehearsed, aligned, and ready to be advanced at regional and global platforms like ASEAN, APEC, and the G20.
Insights

Where Ideas Become Real Impact

Our programs combine research, policy, and executive learning — helping leaders and institutions navigate AI responsibly.

Discussion regarding workforce transformation

Nobody Is Worried About the Same Thing: AI, Jobs, and the Geopolitics of Cooperation

Svaradiva A. D., Regional Program Manager for AI Safety Asia, outlined insights from the World Economic Forum's meeting on Cooperation and Resilient Growth in a Fractured World, held in Tokyo on 4 September, 2026.

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Screenshot of the article written by AISA in the Tech Policy Press, arguing the need for architecture rather than another UN AI declaration

The World Doesn't Need Another UN AI Declaration. It Needs Architecture.

Writing in Tech Policy Press, AISA argues the UN's Global Dialogue on AI Governance must move past symbolic declarations, and build capacity across the Global Majority, put affected communities at the centre of governance design, and form a route to addressing catastrophic risk.

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AISA reviewed the International AI Safety Report 2026

AI Safety Asia was among the reviewers of the International AI Safety Report 2026, the independent scientific assessment of general-purpose AI chaired by Yoshua Bengio and written by more than 100 experts.

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