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?
EAGx conference in India, part of Effective Altruism Global conference series. Community event with AI safety focus and programming.
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} Contest to improve estimation algorithms for random MLPs. Partnership between ARC (Alignment Research Center) and AIcrowd. Warm-up round began in early June 2026. Focuses on advancing theoretical alignment research through algorithmic improvements.
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} 12-week virtual AI research fellowship for students, with focus on fundamental AI safety (interpretability, alignment, evaluation) and applied AI research. Students work on projects guided toward submission to top-tier AI conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR). Research reviewed by PIs from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, Stanford, and Berkeley. Program has 68-73% paper acceptance rate.
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} Neural Information Processing Systems conference. Main site in Sydney Dec 6-12, satellite sites in Atlanta and Paris Dec 9-13. Annual ML conference with safety-related workshop tracks. Workshops announced Aug 10, 2026.
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} EAGx regional Effective Altruism conference featuring talks, workshops, and networking. Part of the EA Global conference series with heavy AI safety community participation.
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} EA Global conference series bringing together Effective Altruism community members for talks, workshops, networking opportunities, and career exploration. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming. Limited travel support available. Applications currently open.
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} The Alignment Journal opens general submissions for peer-reviewed AI alignment research. This new journal provides a venue for rigorous alignment research across theoretical and empirical work. Researchers can create accounts and submit manuscripts for review starting in October 2026.
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} 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.
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} Three-day research sprint focused on AI collusion research. Part of Apart Research's monthly sprint series with 6,000+ participants across 200+ global locations.
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} One-day AI safety conference in Warsaw organized by AI Safety Poland. Community event for Polish AI safety researchers and practitioners.
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} EAGx conference in Berlin, part of Effective Altruism Global conference series. Community event with AI safety focus and programming.
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} 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.
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} 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.
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} Flagship event gathering leading scientists, entrepreneurs, funders, and policymakers to explore the frontiers of science and technology. 40-year-old organization focused on transformative technology including AI safety tracks.
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} EAGx conference in Melbourne, part of Effective Altruism Global conference series. Community event with AI safety focus and programming.
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} ML Alignment & Theory Scholars programme pairing scholars with mentors from leading AI safety organizations. Winter 2027 cohort with applications now open. Multiple research streams available.
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} 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.
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} 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.
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} AI safety conference in Zürich organized by Zurich AI Safety. Community event for Swiss and European AI safety researchers.
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} 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.
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} 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.
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} 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.
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} Invite-only workshop co-hosted with Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative bringing together researchers from Harvard, MIT, and other leading universities to explore research directions in AI safety and alignment.
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} Three-month interdisciplinary AI safety research program connecting researchers studying complex and intelligent systems with dedicated AI safety mentors. Primarily in Cape Town, South Africa with remote participation available only for exceptional candidates. Comprehensive support package: $3,000 monthly stipend, free accommodation, flight support. Focused on selecting top-tier researchers from non-traditional AI backgrounds and giving them the structural support, funding, and network to transition into AI safety, alignment, and governance research. Full-time commitment.
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} Intensive 4-5 week AI safety engineering bootcamp covering alignment research fundamentals. Program covers all participant expenses including travel, visas, accommodation, and meals. Recent alumni have joined Anthropic, Apollo Research, and advanced fellowships. Seeks candidates with strong Python skills, math fundamentals, and commitment to technical AI safety.
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} Inaugural workshop bringing together researchers from ML, statistics, psychometrics, economics, and policy to address measurement as a first-class scientific problem for frontier AI. Three challenges: interactive measurement, measurement under strategic optimization, and measurement under non-stationarity. Co-located with COLM 2026. Invited speakers: Daniel Kang (UIUC), Serena Wang (Harvard/UBC), Jacob Steinhardt (UC Berkeley), Elham Tabassi (Brookings). Non-archival proceedings.
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} 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.
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} Foresight Institute workshop on AI for frontier and meta science. Focus areas include Secure AI, Neurotechnology, Longevity Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology. Part of Foresight's technical workshops bringing together top talent to solve bottlenecks at the frontiers of science and technology.
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} Three-month bipartisan AI governance and policy fellowship designed to accelerate or launch careers in American AI policy, emphasizing practical policy relevance.
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} Three-month research-oriented AI governance fellowship. Participants conduct independent research projects and participate in expert sessions and networking.
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} 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.
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} 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.
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} OpenAI safety fellowship program partnering with Constellation. 5-month structured AI safety research program. Applications close May 3, notifications by July 25.
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} One-day hackathon focused on building AI tools for better decision-making and coordination. Organized by BlueDot Impact in San Francisco.
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} Three-month fellowship focused on non-research projects in communications, policy, operations, and program management.
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} 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.
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} 10-week Cambridge-based fellowship on existential AI risk. 200+ alumni now working at UK AI Security Institute, European AI Office, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, MIT, Stanford, and other AI safety and governance institutions. Applications closed for Winter 2027 cohort.
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} Mentorship for Alignment Researchers programme matching exceptional students and early-career researchers with experienced mentors from AI labs, think tanks, and academia. Operated by Cambridge AI Safety Hub.
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} 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.
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} 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 for three-month projects. Applications closed, Demo Day Dec 19.
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} 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.
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} 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.
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} 8-week AI Safety Fundamentals reading group at MIT, main way people get involved with MIT AI Alignment. 2 hours per week with small group discussions facilitated by MAIA members. Free with complimentary meals. Covers AI trajectory, misalignment, technical safety, policy, and career pathways. No prior AI background required. Preference for MIT students but open to others.
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} 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.
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} EA Global conference in San Francisco bringing together the effective altruism community. Heavy AI safety attendance and programming tracks. Applications opening soon.
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} Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making interdisciplinary, non-archival conference bringing together researchers from AI, machine learning, and cognitive science. Increasingly hosts LLM-cog-sci crossover work. Details for 2027 edition coming soon.
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} 30th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness. Academic society promoting rigorous research on consciousness nature, function, and underlying mechanisms. Includes members from cognitive science, medicine, neuroscience, philosophy, and related disciplines. Relevant for consciousness measurement science applicable to ACO interpretability work.
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