Name: AI Alignment Network (abbreviated ALIGN), a general incorporated association
Name in Japanese: 一般社団法人AIアライメントネットワーク
Representative Director: Koichi Takahashi
Founded: September 5, 2023
Office: Yamato Building 405, 1-6-16 Kanda-Izumicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Purpose (from the Articles of Incorporation): To promote academic and technological progress in the relationship between artificial intelligence and society by fostering excellent researchers, and to strive to share the results with the whole world as a benefit common to society, thereby contributing to the lasting peaceful use of artificial intelligence.
Activities (from the Articles of Incorporation): (1) education and training of researchers in the field of artificial intelligence; (2) research and development grants to researchers in the field of artificial intelligence; (3) research on artificial intelligence and publication of information about it; (4) policy proposals on the use of artificial intelligence; (5) cooperation and exchange of views on artificial intelligence with government ministries and agencies in Japan and abroad; (6) international exchange programs on artificial intelligence; (7) planning, holding and running symposia, study groups, lectures, courses, seminars and similar events on artificial intelligence; (8) planning, producing and publishing journals on artificial intelligence; (9) any other activities necessary to achieve the purpose of this association.