AI safety should be accessible to everyone.

SAFE Labs is an independent think tank in Johannesburg and Dubai.

We study geopolitics and AI safety in emerging markets.

We also look at socioeconomic issues and human rights. See our focus areas. We build on the Center for AI Safety. We are not affiliated with them.

Johannesburg Dubai Africa and the Gulf

How we work

Research first

Papers, briefs and notes. We publish even when the result is inconvenient.

Then reach

Explainers and talks that come out of the research.

Abdullah Hassan, founder of SAFE Labs
Founder

Abdullah Hassan

Quantitative researcher in credit, risk and AI. MSc in AI and Mathematical Statistics (Wits). Formerly at Deloitte Dubai and EY.

Other people will be named here when they join.

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How we stay independent

No funder gives us more than 40% of our income.

Clients can stop us publishing. They can't change what we found.

A second person checks every result before we publish.

The rules