Frontier AI & Interpretability

Swarm Alignment Hackathon, November 6 to 8, 2026; AI x Epistemics Research Sprint, November 13 to 15; Agent Attribution Hackathon, November 27 to 29.

Open to anyone, no prior affiliation needed; mostly online with some local sites. Top teams are invited to Apart Studio, and about 40% of Studio teams go on to the Apart Fellowship.

Cohort 9.0 runs in person at LISA in Shoreditch, London, October 5 to November 6, 2026; applications for 9.0 are closed.

Fully funded: travel to and from London, visa costs, accommodation, and meals on programme days.

Genuine interest in AI safety, Python, and maths for modern AI (linear algebra, calculus, probability).

Application form (under 90 minutes), coding test (six questions, one hour), 30-minute final interview.

3-month programme, 5 to 40 hours per week, ending in Demo Day. Spring 2027 applications expected around December 2026.

Open to undergraduates through professionals; no degree requirement; no prior research experience required.

Answers must be written by the applicant without AI writing or polishing.

Runs January 19 to April 10, 2027, 12 weeks, 40 hours per week, in person in Berkeley, CA and London, UK.

$1,600 per week ($19,200 for the 12 weeks), plus travel, housing, office space, and weekday lunch and dinner.

Empirical, Theory, Strategy & Forecasting, Policy & Governance, Systems Security, Founder & Field-Building, Biosecurity.

18 or older, any background.

January 18 to April 30, 2027, in person at LISA, London.

£15,000 to £18,000 (Senior Fellow £18,000), plus travel to London, £1,800 per month housing for fellows based outside London, and compute.

Weekly 1-on-1 mentorship.

Written application (1-2 hours, apply to at least one mentor), short video interview, mentor-specific work task, personal interview.

Not verified against a current listing; the community is listed on aisafety.com/communities.