Weekend hackathon focused on AI and biosecurity, covering DNA synthesis screening, pandemic early warning systems, and practitioner tools. Organized by Apart Research with hybrid participation options across multiple global cities.
Past events
Sorted by date, newest first. Useful as a memory of what's happened in the community.
Two-day conference on AI control: reducing risks from AI misalignment through interventions that work even if AI is trying to subvert them. Features talks, fireside chats, breakout discussions with researchers from Redwood Research, METR, Anthropic, CMU. Pre-conference workshop April 17 for newcomers. Free to attend via application. Organized by Redwood Research and FAR.AI.
Two-day conference designed to connect policymakers with leading AI technical experts. Focuses on technical innovations that can support AI governance and policy development. Organized by FAR.AI.
Second edition of AI Control Hackathon co-organized by Apart Research and Redwood Research. 3-day event bringing together researchers and engineers to advance AI control - maintaining human oversight over potentially misaligned AI systems. Participants develop safety protocols, evaluation tools, and containment measures using ControlArena and SHADE-Arena infrastructure. 700+ participants, 126 projects, 30+ expert judges. Prizes include funded trip to ControlConf.
Workshop bringing together researchers to clarify core concepts and evaluate evidence on AI's persuasive and manipulative capabilities. Focuses on AI threat-actor profiling, manipulation detection, and information integrity - key concerns for sociotechnical threat surface analysis in AAE research programme.
Third International Workshop on AI Governance: Alignment, Morality, Law, and Design at AAAI 2026. Brings together researchers, industry practitioners, and policy experts to develop frameworks for safe and accountable AI systems. Focus areas include technical AI governance, safety mechanisms, policy frameworks, ethical AI implementation, agentic AI governance, explainable AI, and multi-agent coordination. Emphasizes Governance by Design approaches.