LessWrong (30+ Karma) “ControlAI 2025 Impact Report” by Andrea_Miotti, Alex Amadori
Mar 27, 2026
A rapid rundown of ControlAI’s 2025 impact highlights and mission to avert superintelligence extinction risk. They recount large-scale lawmaker briefings, a UK coalition and parliamentary debates. The team’s scaling strategy in Canada and Germany and media and creator outreach are showcased. Plans to replicate the UK model internationally and push concrete 2026 policy actions are outlined.
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Direct Lawmaker Briefings Scale Awareness Quickly
- ControlAI focuses on directly briefing democratic institutions to build awareness of superintelligence extinction risk.
- They reached hundreds of thousands, briefed 279 lawmakers, and scaled with fewer than 15 staff using cold outreach and repeat meetings.
UK Cold Outreach Turned Into a 110+ Lawmaker Coalition
- In the UK cold outreach converted into a large political coalition within a year.
- They built 110+ UK lawmakers recognising superintelligence as a national security threat, triggering two parliamentary debates.
Media Campaign Drove Millions Of Impressions And Constituent Messages
- Their outreach produced measurable media and public engagement results last year.
- They generated 18 media pieces on superintelligence risk, videos with creators totalling 20+ million subscribers, and 160,000+ constituent messages to lawmakers.
