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We invite everyone to explore how AI can serve people and help build a better future. Our talks and discussions bring the Cornell community into that conversation, regardless of your background.
Managing risks from advanced AI is one of the most important challenges of our time.
We’re a community of students, faculty, and researchers at Cornell working toward reducing risks and improving the trajectory of AI development. We bring together technical AI safety, policy, governance, and broader conversations about AI to ensure that increasingly capable AI systems remain aligned with human intentions and benefit all of humanity.
Upskill
Learn technical AI safety and governance through CS 1998, reading groups, and workshops. Our resources include courses and readings for independent study.
Contribute
We help members find research collaborators, mentors, and fellowships to work on technical AI safety and policy.
Community
Above all, we aim to build trust and community where people exchange ideas, challenge each other’s thinking, and work together to make AI go well. We welcome questions, perspectives from all backgrounds, and great conversations, both in our discussions and at our socials.
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All of our events are open to everyone. If you join our Slack, you’re considered a member! It’s where we share conversations, announcements, and opportunities. Active and engaged members will be recognized as fellows. Come to an event or explore ways to get involved.
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Research and community highlights.
Event
CAIA open house & mocktail mixer
We welcomed new and returning members for mocktails and conversation at our open house. Thank you to everyone who came to meet the community and learn about getting involved in AI safety at Cornell.
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Event
Guest talk with Prof. Paul Gölz
Prof. Paul Gölz joined CAIA to present Distortion of AI Alignment: Does Preference Optimization Optimize for Preferences? The talk explored how preference optimization can distort diverse human preferences and what this means for pluralistic AI alignment. Thank you to Prof. Gölz and everyone who joined the discussion.
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Research
CAIA papers accepted to ICML 2026 workshops
CAIA members contributed to multiple papers accepted to ICML 2026 workshops, spanning pluralistic alignment, trustworthy AI, and mechanistic interpretability.
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Research
EigenBench selected for an ICLR 2026 oral presentation
EigenBench was accepted to ICLR 2026 and selected for an Oral presentation.
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Announcement
New York signs the RAISE Act into law
Governor Kathy Hochul signed the RAISE Act into law, establishing nation-leading AI safety requirements for frontier model developers. CAIA helped canvass support for the bill.
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Event
CAIA ice skate social
Thank you everyone for a great semester working on AI safety. We wrapped up with a fun CAIA ice skate social.
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CAIA mini-hackathon
Thank you to everyone who attended our workshop and mini-hackathon today.
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CAIA bowling social
CAIA members gathered for an evening of bowling at Helen Newman Hall.
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