Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Future of Life Institute (FLI)
EU Transparency Register
787064543128-10 First registered on 24 Jun 2021
Goals / Remit
The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is a nonprofit that works on maximising the benefits of technology and on mitigating its associated risks. In our current engagement with the EU institutions, FLI has two key priorities: i) promoting the beneficial development of artificial intelligence, ii) regulating lethal autonomous weapons.
Main EU files targeted
Artificial Intelligence Act, AI Liability Directive, Regulation of Autonomous Weapons.
Address
Head Office
Future of Life Institute933 Montgomery Ave #1012
Narberth, PA 19072
UNITED STATESEU Office
Future of Life InstituteAvenue des Arts / Kunstlaan 44
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 2 25% 1 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 08 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Alexandra TSALIDIS 17 Oct 2023 16 Oct 2024 Risto UUK 19 Oct 2023 18 Oct 2024 Marcus BRAKEL 07 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Ms Angelica Maria AHUMADA FERNANDEZ 07 Oct 2023 24 Jan 2024 Marcus BRAKEL 24 Sep 2022 23 Sep 2023 Ms Claudia PRETTNER 04 Aug 2022 22 Jan 2023 Risto UUK 04 Aug 2022 04 Aug 2023 Marcus BRAKEL 21 Aug 2021 20 Aug 2022 Complementary Information
FLI makes use of the services from Dentons Global Advisors, who provide us with analysis and strategic advice. Our expenditure on these services is declared in their entry (Dentons Global Advisors Europe SA, 7028457765-59).
Our total spend on EU advocacy in 2022 amounted to 392,730 EUR. This includes staff salaries and our spending on Dentons Global Advisors.Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
The UN Secretary General's High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation - Roundtable 3C on Artificial Intelligence.
Partnership on AI, a nonprofit coalition committed to the responsible use of artificial intelligence.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
4,094,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
i) More information about our finances can be found on this webpage: https://futureoflife.org/about-us/finances/
ii) FLI only engaged in limited fundraising in 2022 and our total income amounted to 10,000 USD. With the exception of a grant of 1405 USD from the Jewish Community Foundation, these donations were all small grassroots and PayPal donations amounting to less than 1000 USD.
iii) Our budget deficit was covered entirely by our endowment, which has been provided by Vitalik Buterin in 2021. This funding has helped FLI maintain its independence. We are also using his donated funds to support a multi-year grant program: https://futureoflife.org/grantmaking/fli-announces-grants-program-for-existential-risk-reduction/
iv) FLI holds no cryptocurrency.
v) The budget figure provided is for the Future of Life Institute globally, of which our EU activities are a small part. The total budget amount does not include our external regranting (e.g. our PhD fellowships).
vi) With the exception of the Estonian Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn, who has served on FLI’s Board of Directors since its 2014 founding, donors do not influence our policy positions. Our conflict of interest policy can be found on this webpage: https://futureoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Conflict-of-interest-policy.pdf
vii) The euro amounts listed have been converted from US dollars at the exchange rate for Friday December 30, 2022.
viii) Our annual audit is in process, and FLI reserves the right to modify these provisional figures once the audit has been completed.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
Artificial intelligence and digital
Communication activities
Selected publications, full list available on our main website
- Policymaking in the Pause. What can policymakers do now to combat risks from advanced AI systems?, Future of Life Institute, April 2023.
- FLI Position Paper on AI Liability, Future of Life Institute, November 2022.
- Call For Better Protections of People Affected at the Source of the AI Value Chain, Future of Life Institute, October 2022.
- A Proposal for a Definition of General Purpose Artificial Intelligence Systems, Future of Life Institute, October 2022.
- The EU needs to protect (more) against AI manipulation, EurActiv, February 2022.
- Position Paper on the AI Act, Future of Life Institute, August 2021.
- Lethal Autonomous Weapons Exist; They Must Be Banned, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Spectrum, June 2021.
- Open letter on Foresight in AI regulation, Future of Life Institute, 2020.
- Autonomous Weapons: an Open Letter from AI & Robotics Researchers, 24th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2015.
Events
- Workshop for Accredited Parliamentary Assistants entitled "Governing General Purpose AI Systems"
- With Dentons Global Advisors, "Regulating General Purpose Artificial Intelligence" (video available on our YouTube channel)
Relevant websites run by FLI
- futureoflife.org, main website
- artificialintelligenceact.eu, provides analysis on the AI Act as well as a biweekly newsletter
- autonomousweapons.org, makes the case for the regulation of autonomous weaponsOther activities
The Future of Life Institute works closely with leading AI builders to develop its policy positions. FLI also funds research through recurring grant programs and regularly organises global AI conferences.
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Meetings
3 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 30 Nov 2023 Location brussels Subject AI Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject Artificial Intelligence act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jul 2023 Location Brussels and online (hybrid) Subject AI Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
- Liviu Stirbat (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings