Women in AI Safety Hackathon

Shape the future of safe and ethical AI development! Whether you're a researcher, developer, policy enthusiast, or new to AI safety - join us for an empowering weekend of innovation and collaboration. No prior AI safety experience required. Together, we can build the foundational tools and frameworks needed for responsible AI development.

The Women in AI Safety Hackathon brings together talented individuals to tackle crucial challenges in AI development and deployment. This event particularly encourages women and underrepresented groups to contribute their unique perspectives to critical areas of AI safety, including alignment, governance, security, and evaluation.

As AI systems become increasingly powerful and pervasive, diverse perspectives in their development and safety mechanisms are more crucial than ever. This hackathon provides a platform for participants to:

• Collaborate with leading women researchers and practitioners in AI safety
• Develop practical solutions to pressing AI safety challenges
• Build lasting connections in the AI safety community
• Receive mentorship from experienced professionals
• Present ideas to industry experts

Challenge Tracks

1. AI Alignment & Values
   • Developing methods for value learning
   • Improving reward modeling
   • Enhancing the interpretability of AI systems
2. Safety Evaluations & Testing
   • Creating robust testing frameworks
   • Developing evaluation metrics
   • Building assessment tools for AI systems
3. AI Governance & Policy
   • Designing accountability frameworks
   • Developing oversight mechanisms
   • Creating safety standards
4. Technical AI Safety
   • Addressing mesa-optimization
   • Working on robustness
   • Developing safety architectures