

AI Safety South Africa is rebranding to the Cape Institute for Safe AI.
We still believe that creating AI safety groups across South Africa is valuable, and if you’d like to join as a local group organiser, please apply to volunteer here.
We also maintain a national discussion group, which you can apply to join here.

Building networks for an empowered future.
AI Safety South Africa (AISSA) is a national network of talent and professionals dedicated to steering technological progress to be differentially beneficial. AISSA connects members across South Africa, with its primary member base in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Pretoria. AISSA’s operational hub is the Cape Institute for Safe AI (CISAI).
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The fellowship was a full-time 3-month research program for participants from diverse backgrounds around the world to pursue AI safety research from a cooperative AI perspective. The fellowship ran from January to April 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa, and kicked off with a week-long retreat. While working from the AI Safety Cape Town co-working space, participants received mentorship from top researchers in the field of cooperative AI, including from organisations such as Google DeepMind, the University of Oxford, and MIT. Alongside this, participants were provided with resources for building their knowledge and network in cooperat...

BlueDot's Intro to Transformative AI Course. The second iteration of our Intro to TAI course, where we hosted a 5-day course in collaboration with BlueDot at our coworking offices at Innovation City. We ran multiple coho...

Introduction to Cooperative AI Course by The Cooperative AI Foundation. We ran a 13 week program covering the Cooperative AI Curriculum from the Cooperative AI Foundation. This was the first official in-person cohort of...

BlueDot's Intro to Transformative AI Course. First official in-person cohort ever. We hosted a 5-day course in collaboration with BlueDot at our coworking offices at Innovation City. One of the participants wrote about h...
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Cooperative AI Research Fellowship Closing Showcase
- Apr 24, 2026
- The Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking Afrika
- 113 attendees

AI Safety Research Workshop
- Mar 27, 2026
- School for Data Science and Computational Thinking
- 15 attendees

AI Safety SA 2026 Kick Off Event
- Feb 20, 2026
- Workshop17 Kloof Street
- 80 attendees
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