Esa Koskinen, volunteer director of AI Safety Tokyo, estimates Japan has an urgent funding gap of ~2.1 million USD for AI safety organizations, which could employ researchers 1.8-2.3x cheaper than in …
The AI safety ecosystem needs generalists to tackle unresolved problems, and a new post outlines concrete projects and entry points, including university AI safety groups, fellowships like Pathfinder …
SPAR, an AI safety research organization, has opened applications for its Fall 2026 mentee research projects, with a deadline of August 18. The program pairs mentees with mentors to work on AI safety …
Researchers at SPAR argue that language models can report on their own internal activations, a method called self-report, which is underexploited compared to external analysis tools. They test five op…
At a BlueDot Impact panel on AI safety careers, attendees expressed frustration over the field's simultaneous claims of talent shortages and high selectivity in hiring. The author argues that genuine …
A junior technical AI safety researcher should not attempt to write and publish their first research paper alone, as the chances of success are very low. Instead, the author recommends applying to par…