SGAI, the British Computer Society Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence was founded in June 1980.

The group's original name was SGES, which reflected its early focus on rule-based Expert Systems. However the group's scope expanded rapidly after its foundation and it now covers all areas of Artificial Intelligence. SGAI has played a valuable role in the development of these fields in Britain over the last 20 years.

The group has organised an annual international conference since 1981. It has been a member of ECCAI, the European Co-ordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence since 1992.

A substantial proportion of the Group's membership is from industry. It provides a valuable forum in which the academic and industrial AI communities can meet.