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Events, training, fellowships, mixers, and CFPs across Applied Cognitive Oversight, instruments for epistemic access to model cognition, and the broader AI safety, alignment, and governance community. Refreshed weekly. Sorted by salience. What's ACO?

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Algoverse AI Research Program Fall 2026

fellowship ★ 0.72 Apps close Oct 4, 2026
📅 Nov 1, 2026 – Jan 23, 2027 📍 Virtual via Algoverse AI Research

12-week AI safety research fellowship funded by Open Philanthropy (Coefficient Giving). Selected participants join a structured pipeline featuring direct mentorship from industry professionals and PhD mentors, guidance from ideation through conference submission. Target venues include NeurIPS, ACL, and EMNLP. Recent cohorts achieved 68-73% acceptance rates at major conferences. Two-stage selection process with 30 fellows selected per cohort.

#alignment#safety#interpretability
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EA Global: New York City 2026

conference ★ 0.70 Apps close Oct 16, 2026
📅 Oct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 📍 New York City, USA via EA Global Events

EA Global conference series organized by Centre for Effective Altruism. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons. Three-day conference featuring talks, workshops, and networking opportunities for the effective altruism community.

#governance#alignment#policy#community#safety
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AI Safety Camp 12 (Virtual Edition 2027)

fellowship ★ 0.85 Apps close Oct 18, 2026
📅 Jan 11, 2027 – Apr 18, 2027 📍 Virtual via AI Safety Camp (AISC)

3-month online research program where participants form teams to work on preselected projects. Project leads guide teams spending at least 10 hours/week. Teams meet weekly and plan in their own work hours. Final online conference for presentations April 23-26. Some teams continue working together after the official program end. AISC is about ensuring future AIs are either reasonably safe or not built at all.

#alignment#safety
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AI Safety Camp 12th Edition Virtual 2027

fellowship ★ 0.80 Apps close Oct 18, 2026
📅 Jan 9, 2027 – Apr 18, 2027 📍 Virtual via AI Safety Camp (AISC)

12th edition of AI Safety Camp (AISC) as a 3-month online research program where participants form teams to work on preselected projects. Project leads apply first with their ideas, receive feedback and assistance to develop proposals, then select their team members. Program runs January to April 2027 with opening weekend Jan 9-10 and final presentations April 23-26. Teams meet weekly and plan their own work hours. Some teams continue working together after AISC ends.

#alignment#governance
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Lens Academy Compute Verification Intensive Part 2

workshop ★ 0.90 Apps close Oct 19, 2026
📅 Oct 26, 2026 📍 Virtual via LessWrong Events

Follow-up intensive course focused on compute verification. Addresses open problems in ensuring the verifiability of frontier pacing commitments. Covers international treaties, statutory interpretation, supply-chain analysis, and cryptographic AI verification methods. Goes further into technical components than Part 1.

#governance#evals
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AI Collusion Research Sprint 2026

hackathon ★ 0.69 Reg closes Oct 23, 2026
📅 Oct 23, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026 📍 Hybrid via Apart Research , Apart Research

Weekend research hackathon focused on AI collusion. Apart Research's sprint format allows anyone to join, with winners and standout participants receiving invitations to Apart Studio and the Apart Fellowship. 55+ sprints completed with 6,000+ participants across 200+ global locations.

#multi-agent#evals#safety#alignment
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Warsaw AI Safety Day 2026

mixer ★ 0.65 Reg closes Oct 24, 2026 ?
📅 Oct 24, 2026 📍 Warsaw, Poland via BlueDot Impact Events Calendar (Luma)

AI Safety Day organized by AI Safety Poland and hosted on BlueDot Impact events calendar. Community event bringing together AI safety researchers and practitioners in Warsaw. Paid admission (PLN 99).

#safety#community
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EAGxBerlin 2026

conference ★ 0.83 Reg closes Oct 25, 2026 ?
📅 Nov 13, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026 📍 Berlin, Germany via EA Global Events

EAGx (EA Global x) conference in Berlin. Community-run events within the EA Global series. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons.

#governance#alignment#safety#community
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NeurIPS 2026

conference ★ 0.73 Early-bird ends Oct 30, 2026 ?
📅 Dec 6, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026 📍 Sydney, Australia · Hybrid via NeurIPS: Safety-related Workshops

Neural Information Processing Systems conference. Main conference in Sydney (December 6-12, 2026) with satellite conferences in Atlanta and Paris (December 9-13). Chaired by Hsuan-Tien Lin (National Taiwan University) and Razvan Pascanu (Google DeepMind, Mila). Includes Ethics Review Chair and Code of Ethics/Conduct. Watch for safety-related workshops to be announced.

#alignment#interpretability#evals#ml-safety#machine-learning#ml#research-practice#safety conference
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Iliad November Intensive 2026

fellowship ★ 0.80 Apps close Nov 1, 2026 ?
📅 Nov 2, 2026 – Nov 27, 2026 📍 London, UK via LessWrong Events

4-week intensive program in applied mathematics for AI alignment by Iliad. Based in London at LISA. Provides $5,000 support. Selection based on estimated mathematical strength.

#alignment#formal-foundations
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Vision Weekend USA 2026

conference ★ 0.79 Reg closes Nov 5, 2026 ?
📅 Nov 13, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026 📍 San Francisco, USA via Foresight Institute

Foresight's flagship conference gathering leading scientists, entrepreneurs, funders, and policymakers to explore the frontiers of science and technology. Includes AI safety track and secure AI discussions.

#safety#alignment#governance#research-practice
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Foresight Vision Weekend USA 2026

conference ★ 0.66 Reg closes Nov 13, 2026
📅 Nov 13, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026 📍 San Francisco, USA via Foresight Institute

One of Foresight Institute's flagship events gathering leading scientists, entrepreneurs, funders, and policymakers. 40-year-old organization focused on transformative technology including AI safety tracks. Vision Weekend features frontier science and technology discussions.

#alignment#governance#safety
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EAGxAustralasia 2026

conference ★ 0.80 Reg closes Nov 15, 2026 ?
📅 Nov 27, 2026 – Nov 29, 2026 📍 Melbourne, Australia via EA Global Events

EAGx (EA Global x) conference in Melbourne, Australia. Community-run events within the EA Global series. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons. Applications are now open.

#governance#alignment#safety#community
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GovAI U.S. AI Policy Program 2026

fellowship ★ 0.91 Apps closed Jul 5, 2026
📅 Sep 1, 2026 – Dec 1, 2026 📍 Hybrid via GovAI - Centre for the Governance of AI

Twelve-week part-time programme for U.S. policy professionals. Five hours weekly commitment. Runs early September to early December 2026 with Thanksgiving break. Focused on AI governance and policy.

#governance#policy
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MATS Autumn 2026

fellowship ★ 0.87 Apps closed Jun 7, 2026
📅 Sep 28, 2026 – Dec 4, 2026 📍 Berkeley, USA · Hybrid via MATS: ML Alignment & Theory Scholars

10-week ML Alignment & Theory Scholars fellowship with optional 6-12 month extension. Fellows receive weekly stipends ($1,250), compute budgets ($2,000/week), housing, meals, and mentorship from leading AI safety researchers. Locations in Berkeley, CA and London, UK. Applications closed for Autumn 2026.

#alignment#interpretability
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Iliad Fall Fellowship 2026

fellowship ★ 0.85 Apps closed Sep 1, 2026 ?
📅 Sep 7, 2026 – Dec 4, 2026 📍 London, UK via LessWrong Events

3-month mentored research fellowship in applied mathematics for AI alignment by Iliad. Based in London at LISA. Provides $6,000/month stipend. Selection based on estimated mathematical strength.

#alignment#formal-foundations
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Anthropic Fellows Program November 2026

fellowship ★ 0.85 Apps closed Jul 26, 2026
📅 Nov 1, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027 📍 Hybrid via Anthropic Alignment Blog

Four-month fellowship for empirical research on AI safety aligned with Anthropic's research priorities. Fellows receive weekly stipend of $3,850 USD, compute funding (~$15k/month), and close mentorship from Anthropic researchers. Application deadline July 26.

#alignment#interpretability#control#evals
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Iliad October Intensive 2026

fellowship ★ 0.83 Apps closed Oct 1, 2026 ?
📅 Oct 5, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026 📍 Berkeley, USA via LessWrong Events

4-week intensive program in applied mathematics for AI alignment by Iliad. Based in Berkeley. Provides $5,000 support. Selection based on estimated mathematical strength.

#alignment#formal-foundations
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MATS Winter 2027

fellowship ★ 0.81
📅 Jan 19, 2027 – Apr 10, 2027 📍 Berkeley, USA · Hybrid via MATS: ML Alignment & Theory Scholars , MATS: ML Alignment & Theory Scholars

12-week ML Alignment & Theory Scholars fellowship connecting talented researchers with top mentors in machine alignment, transparency, and security. Participants completing full 12-week programme at 40 hours per week receive $19,200 stipend ($1,600/week), $24,000 in research compute, housing, travel to/from Berkeley or London, office space, lunch and dinner on weekdays, and J-1 visa support. Mentorship from world-class researchers at Anthropic, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Redwood Research, and ARC. Option to apply for 6-12 month funded extension beyond main program.

#alignment#interpretability
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PIBBSS Winter Fellowship 2026-2027

fellowship ★ 0.79 Apps closed Jul 20, 2026
📅 Nov 1, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027 📍 Cape Town, South Africa via PIBBSS / Principles of Intelligence

Inaugural 2026-2027 Winter PIBBSS Fellowship inviting researchers from diverse disciplines to work on AI risk projects under mentorship of experienced researchers. ~3-month interdisciplinary program connecting PhD and postdoctoral researchers (or those with comparable research experience) with AI safety mentors. $3,000/month stipend with accommodation, return flight plus visa support, office space access, speaker talks, and community events. Includes presentation at Spring 2027 Symposium. Added new track on Post-AGI Civilisation Dynamics / Gradual Disempowerment with ACS Research support.

#alignment#formal-foundations
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Anthropic Fellows Program July 2026

fellowship ★ 0.79 Apps closed Apr 26, 2026 ?
📅 Jul 20, 2026 – Nov 20, 2026 📍 Hybrid via Anthropic Alignment Blog

4-month empirical AI safety research fellowship with close mentorship from Anthropic researchers. Fellows investigate scalable oversight, adversarial robustness, AI control, model organisms, mechanistic interpretability, AI security, and model welfare. Program provides $3,850/week stipend, ~$15k/month compute funding, and aims for public research outputs (typically papers). Over 80% of first cohort produced papers; 40%+ joined Anthropic full-time afterward.

#alignment#interpretability#control#evals
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CBAI AI Safety Research Fellowship Fall 2026

fellowship ★ 0.79 Apps closed Sep 6, 2026
📅 Oct 13, 2026 – Dec 18, 2026 📍 Cambridge, USA via Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative (CBAI)

10-week intensive, fully-funded AI safety research fellowship hosted by Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative. Focuses on technical AI safety research across interpretability, multi-agent safety, formal verification, and risk management frameworks. Includes weekly mentorship (1-2 hours/week), speaker events, professional development support, $12,500 stipend, housing, meals, and compute resources (~$1,500/week per fellow). Dedicated 24/7 workspace in Harvard Square.

#alignment#interpretability#evals
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GovAI DC Winter Fellowship 2027

fellowship ★ 0.76 Apps closed Jul 12, 2026
📅 Jan 18, 2027 – Apr 9, 2027 📍 Washington DC, USA via GovAI - Centre for the Governance of AI

Three-month bipartisan AI governance and policy fellowship designed to accelerate or launch careers in American AI policy, emphasizing practical policy relevance.

#governance#policy
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GovAI UK Winter Fellowship 2027 (Research Track)

fellowship ★ 0.76 Apps closed Jul 12, 2026
📅 Jan 18, 2027 – Apr 9, 2027 📍 London, UK via GovAI - Centre for the Governance of AI

Three-month research-oriented AI governance fellowship. Participants conduct independent research projects and participate in expert sessions and networking.

#governance#policy
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Astra Fellowship Fall 2026

fellowship ★ 0.76
📅 Sep 14, 2026 – Mar 31, 2027 📍 Berkeley, United States via Constellation Astra Fellowship

A 5-month fully funded fellowship pairing emerging talent with senior mentors on technical, governance, strategy, and field-building projects. Offers two tracks: Empirical Research (ML safety topics) and Strategy & Governance (policy and organizational development). Provides $8,400 monthly stipend, ~$15,000/month research budget for empirical fellows, mentorship, workspace access, and placement services.

#alignment#governance#technical-safety fellowshipmentorship
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Claude Corps Fellowship October 2026

fellowship ★ 0.76 Apps closed Jul 17, 2026
📅 Oct 1, 2026 – Oct 1, 2027 📍 United States via Anthropic Events & Announcements

National fellowship for early-career professionals interested in extending AI's benefits across American communities. Twelve-month programme combining intensive initial training with ongoing weekly instruction alongside placement at host nonprofits. First cohort of 100 fellows begins in October 2026.

#governance
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ARENA 9.0

fellowship ★ 0.74 Apps closed Sep 1, 2026 ?
📅 Oct 5, 2026 – Nov 6, 2026 📍 London, UK via ARENA: Alignment Research Engineering Accelerator

ARENA 9.0 runs in-person at the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) in Shoreditch. Intensive 4-5 week bootcamp providing technical skills, professional connections, and confidence for careers in AI safety. Covers travel, visa expenses, accommodation, and meals. Requires strong Python coding skills and foundational mathematics (linear algebra, calculus, probability). Application process has three stages: initial form, coding test, and final interview.

#alignment#interpretability#reinforcement-learning#research-practice
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OpenAI Safety Fellowship 2026

fellowship ★ 0.73 Apps closed May 3, 2026
📅 Sep 14, 2026 – Feb 5, 2027 📍 Berkeley, USA · Hybrid via OpenAI Safety Fellowship

Fully funded 5-month fellowship supporting external researchers, engineers, and practitioners to pursue rigorous, high-impact research on safety and alignment of advanced AI systems. Partnering with Constellation. Priority areas include safety evaluation, ethics, robustness, scalable mitigations, privacy-preserving safety methods, agentic oversight, and misuse prevention. Monthly stipend $8,400, compute resources, API credits, mentorship from OpenAI staff, workspace at Constellation Berkeley.

#alignment#evals#governance#safety#interpretability
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GovAI UK Winter Fellowship 2027 (Applied Track)

fellowship ★ 0.73 Apps closed Jul 12, 2026
📅 Jan 18, 2027 – Apr 9, 2027 📍 London, UK via GovAI - Centre for the Governance of AI

Three-month fellowship focused on non-research projects in communications, policy, operations, and program management.

#governance#policy
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ERA:AI Winter 2027

fellowship ★ 0.73
📅 Jan 18, 2027 – Mar 26, 2027 📍 Hybrid via ERA Cambridge: Existential Risk Alliance Fellowship

ERA (Existential Risk Alliance) fellowship accelerating talent and advancing research to understand and reduce risks from increasingly capable AI systems. Covers alignment science, mechanistic interpretability, and AI control protocols. 200+ alumni network working at UK AI Security Institute, European AI Office, NIST's CAISI, RAND, Centre for AI Safety, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, Centre for the Governance of AI, Future of Life Institute. Applications for Winter 2027 have closed.

#alignment#interpretability#governance
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MARS VI 2026

fellowship ★ 0.72
📅 Dec 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2027 📍 Hybrid via MARS - Mentorship for Alignment Researchers at CAISH

Mentorship for Alignment Researchers at CAISH December 2026 cohort. Matches exceptional students and early-career researchers with experienced researchers from AI labs, think tanks, and academia. Part-time and hybrid format. Operated by Cambridge AI Safety Hub. Multiple cohorts per year.

#alignment#governance fellowshipmentorship
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AI Measurement Science Workshop 2026

workshop ★ 0.72 CFP closed Aug 15, 2026
📅 Oct 9, 2026 📍 San Francisco, USA via Stanford AI Measurement Science Lab

Stanford AIMS Lab workshop on AI Measurement Science: Toward Rigorous AI Evaluation. One-day, in-person event (8:30-17:30 PDT) co-located with COLM 2026. Invites submissions across two tracks: Research Track (4-8 pages) and Competition Track. Eight contributed talks selected from research submissions. Features Predictive AI Evaluation Challenge. Accepted papers are non-archival. Double-blind review with minimum three reviews per paper.

#evals#interpretability#measurement-science
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MARS V 2026: Stage 2 Mentor Selection

fellowship ★ 0.72 Apps closed May 10, 2026 ?
📅 Jul 13, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026 📍 Cambridge, United Kingdom · Hybrid via MARS - Mentorship for Alignment Researchers at CAISH

Stage 2 of MARS V selection process, for invited candidates only. Part-time, hybrid research programme matching exceptional students and early-career researchers with experienced mentors. Includes $2k+ compute budget, Claude Max, accommodation, meals, and travel funding.

#alignment#technical-safety#mentorship#control#interpretability#evals#governance
Salience signals
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  "is_deadline_open": 0,
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FAS AI Safety Policy Entrepreneurship Fellowship 2026

fellowship ★ 0.70 Apps closed Sep 7, 2026
📅 Sep 30, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027 📍 Hybrid via FAS AI Safety Policy Entrepreneurship Fellowship

Federation of American Scientists Policy Entrepreneurship Fellowship focused on frontier AI safety. Part-time (5 hours/week) developing policy memos addressing AI safety challenges. Includes California retreat (Nov 4-7) and DC capstone (Feb 22 week). $5,000 stipend plus travel expenses, $1,000 merit award for top performer. Focus areas: cybersecurity, governance frameworks, risk assessment, transparency, capability thresholds, compute governance, critical infrastructure protection.

#governance#policy#safety
Salience signals
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  "speaker_org_signal": 0.75,
  "is_deadline_open": 0,
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📅 Nov 10, 2026 📍 Zhuhai, China via PlurVA-LLM Workshop at AACL 2026

First Workshop on Pluralistic Value Alignment of LLMs at AACL 2026. Provides dedicated venue for advancing research on pluralistic value alignment. Topics include theoretical foundations, alignment methods for LLMs, benchmarks and evaluation protocols, human-AI collaboration for value-sensitive datasets, interpretability and analysis, and pluralistic value alignment in real-world deployment.

#alignment#governance
Salience signals
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  "topic_relevance": 0.85,
  "time_proximity": 0.9144654088050315,
  "community_signal": 0.7,
  "speaker_org_signal": 0.7,
  "is_deadline_open": 0,
  "source_count": 1
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CNY AI Safety Launch Retreat

retreat ★ 0.69
📅 Nov 13, 2026 📍 New York, USA via BlueDot Impact Events Calendar (Luma)

Launch retreat for Central New York AI Safety community organized by BlueDot Impact. The retreat aims to establish a local AI safety hub and build connections among researchers, students, and practitioners in the New York area working on alignment and governance challenges.

#alignment#governance
Salience signals
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  "topic_relevance": 0.75,
  "time_proximity": 0.5471698113207547,
  "community_signal": 0.7,
  "speaker_org_signal": 0.75,
  "is_deadline_open": 1,
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SPAR Spring 2027

fellowship ★ 0.68
📅 Feb 16, 2027 – May 16, 2027 📍 Virtual via SPAR - Supervised Program for Alignment Research

Supervised Program for Alignment Research. Part-time remote research program pairing aspiring researchers with experienced mentors from Google DeepMind, RAND, Apollo Research, MATS, UK AISI, etc. for three-month projects. Applications open around December.

#alignment
Salience signals
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  "topic_relevance": 0.9,
  "time_proximity": 0.280503144654088,
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  "is_deadline_open": 0,
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📅 Sep 1, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026 📍 Cambridge, USA via MAIA - MIT AI Alignment

MIT AI Alignment (MAIA) eight-week introductory fellowship on AI safety covering trends, evidence for misalignment, and safety approaches. 2 hours per week, free food provided, no prior AI background required. Open to anyone with preference for MIT students. Completion leads to MAIA Membership with 24/7 office access, free compute, and research discussions. 1,300+ member Slack community.

#alignment#safety#community
Salience signals
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  "topic_relevance": 0.85,
  "time_proximity": 0.04444444444444445,
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  "speaker_org_signal": 0.75,
  "is_deadline_open": 1,
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UNIDIR (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research) Innovations Dialogue focused on electromagnetic disruption technology impacts on international security. UNIDIR operates flagship conferences on Cyber Stability, Geneva Cyber Week, AI Security and Ethics, and Outer Space Security. International AI policy and disarmament-related conferences in scope per the safety community's broader governance interests.

#governance
Salience signals
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  "topic_relevance": 0.7,
  "time_proximity": 0.909433962264151,
  "community_signal": 0.6,
  "speaker_org_signal": 0.75,
  "is_deadline_open": 0,
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SPAR Fall 2026

fellowship ★ 0.66 Apps closed Aug 18, 2026
📅 Sep 14, 2026 – Dec 14, 2026 📍 Virtual via SPAR - Supervised Program for Alignment Research

Supervised Program for Alignment Research (SPAR) Fall 2026 cohort. Part-time remote research program pairing aspiring researchers with experienced mentors from Google DeepMind, RAND, Apollo Research, MATS, UK AISI, etc. for three-month projects. Participants commit 5-40 hours per week. Applications for Fall 2026 have closed; Spring 2027 applications will open around December. Demo Day on December 19. Optional continuation after December 14.

#alignment#interpretability#evals#governance#safety#policy
Salience signals
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  "topic_relevance": 0.9,
  "time_proximity": 0.1888888888888889,
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  "is_deadline_open": 0,
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📅 Nov 13, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026 📍 Virtual via Apart Research

Apart Research hackathon focused on AI and epistemics. Part of the monthly Apart Sprints series for developing AI safety research ideas. Online only format.

#safety#alignment
Salience signals
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  "topic_relevance": 0.75,
  "time_proximity": 0.8641509433962264,
  "community_signal": 0.7,
  "speaker_org_signal": 0.85,
  "is_deadline_open": 0,
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Lifelong Agents Workshop at COLM 2026

workshop ★ 0.65 CFP closed Jul 3, 2026
📅 Oct 9, 2026 📍 In-person via PlurVA-LLM Workshop at AACL 2026

The 2nd Workshop on Lifelong Agents: Learning, Aligning, and Evolving at COLM 2026. Invites submissions on the development of lifelong agents that can continuously learn, maintain stable alignment, and sustainably evolve over extended deployment. Focuses on agents that learn, adapt, and stay aligned with human values across their operational lifespan.

#alignment
Salience signals
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  "time_proximity": 0.5714285714285714,
  "community_signal": 0.7,
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  "is_deadline_open": 0,
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Swiss AI Safety Days 2026

mixer ★ 0.64
📅 Nov 7, 2026 📍 Zürich, Switzerland via BlueDot Impact Events Calendar (Luma)

AI Safety Days organized by Zurich AI Safety and hosted on BlueDot Impact events calendar. Community event bringing together AI safety researchers and practitioners in Switzerland.

#alignment#governance#evals#safety#community
Salience signals
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  "topic_relevance": 0.8,
  "time_proximity": 0.8943396226415095,
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  "speaker_org_signal": 0.75,
  "is_deadline_open": 0,
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EA Global: San Francisco 2027

conference ★ 0.62
📅 Mar 19, 2027 – Mar 21, 2027 📍 San Francisco, USA via EA Global Events

EA Global conference series organized by Centre for Effective Altruism. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons. Applications opening soon.

#alignment#governance#community
Salience signals
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  "source_trust": 0.8,
  "topic_relevance": 0.75,
  "time_proximity": 0.2654088050314465,
  "community_signal": 0.85,
  "speaker_org_signal": 0.7,
  "is_deadline_open": 0,
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MARS V 2026: Stage 1 General Application

fellowship ★ 0.61 Apps closed May 3, 2026 ?
📅 Jul 13, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026 📍 Cambridge, United Kingdom · Hybrid via MARS - Mentorship for Alignment Researchers at CAISH

MARS mentorship programme matching exceptional students and early-career researchers with experienced researchers. In-person kick-off July 13-26 (participants select either July 13-19 or July 20-26), followed by remote research phase August-October. Team size 2-4 per mentor. Fully funded including compute ($2,000+), travel, and accommodation. Operated by Cambridge AI Safety Hub.

#alignment#technical-safety#mentorship#control#interpretability#evals#governance#research-practice
Salience signals
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  "topic_relevance": 0.9,
  "time_proximity": 0,
  "community_signal": 0.8,
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  "is_deadline_open": 0,
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Algoverse AI Research Program Summer 2026

fellowship ★ 0.60 Apps closed Aug 16, 2026 ?
📅 Jul 11, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026 📍 Virtual via Algoverse AI Research

12-week AI safety research fellowship funded by Open Philanthropy. Structured program with direct mentorship guiding research from initial concept through submission to premier AI venues including NeurIPS, ACL, and EMNLP. Recent cohorts achieved 68-73% conference acceptance rates. Rolling admissions with strong technical background requirement.

#alignment#interpretability#evals
Salience signals
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  "time_proximity": 0.011111111111111127,
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  "is_deadline_open": 1,
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EA Global: London 2027

conference ★ 0.60
📅 May 28, 2027 – May 30, 2027 📍 London, UK via EA Global Events

EA Global conference series organized by Centre for Effective Altruism. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons. Applications closed.

#alignment#governance#community
Salience signals
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  "time_proximity": 0.1537837837837838,
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  "is_deadline_open": 0,
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ARC White-Box Estimation Challenge 2026

other ★ 0.59 Apps closed Sep 19, 2026

Competition focused on improving estimation algorithms for mechanistic analysis research. Launched by ARC (Alignment Research Center) in partnership with AIcrowd. Warm-up round begins the week of announcement. Advances research in white-box estimation methods for AI alignment.

#interpretability#evals#control#alignment#research-practice challengecompetition
Salience signals
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  "topic_relevance": 0.9,
  "time_proximity": 0,
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EA Global: Washington DC 2027

conference ★ 0.57
📅 Oct 15, 2027 – Oct 17, 2027 📍 Washington, USA via EA Global Events

EA Global conference series organized by Centre for Effective Altruism. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. In scope for social and community event reasons. Applications opening soon.

#governance#alignment
Salience signals
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  "topic_relevance": 0.75,
  "time_proximity": 0.05,
  "community_signal": 0.8,
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  "is_deadline_open": 0,
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RLDM 2027

conference ★ 0.56
📅 Jul 6, 2027 – Jul 9, 2027 📍 Paris, France via Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (RLDM)

Interdisciplinary, non-archival conference focused on learning and decision making in humans, animals, and algorithms, with particular focus on approaches based on reinforcement learning. Uniquely bridges AI and cognitive science communities. Includes invited talks, contributed presentations, posters, workshops, tutorials, and social activities. General Chair Anne GE Collins (UC Berkeley), Program Chairs David Abel (Google DeepMind) and Matt Nassar (Brown). In scope for cross-disciplinary cog-sci + LLM work.

#cognitive-science#reinforcement-learning#measurement-science#interpretability#control#formal-foundations#alignment
Salience signals
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  "time_proximity": 0.12216216216216218,
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ASSC 30

conference ★ 0.42
📅 Jun 16, 2027 – Jun 19, 2027 📍 Beijing, China via Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC)

The 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC). ASSC is an academic society that promotes rigorous research and coordinates annual conferences directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness. Members work in cognitive science, medicine, neuroscience, philosophy, and related disciplines. In scope for consciousness studies/measurement science applicable to ACO interpretability work.

#measurement-science#consciousness#interpretability#formal-foundations
Salience signals
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  "time_proximity": 0.13837837837837838,
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