The sixth Human-Aligned AI Summer School, a four-day intensive summer school focused on technical AI alignment research, will take place in Prague from 13th to 16th July.
We will meet again for lectures, workshops, expert panels, and many engaging discussions. While we're still confirming our 2026 speakers, you can expect a similar caliber and range of topics to previousyears (see the recordings archive).
For Whom
The intended audience of the school are researchers interested in learning more about AI alignment topics, PhD students, researchers working in ML/AI outside academia, and talented students.
Program
The school is focused on teaching and exploring approaches and frameworks, less on the presentation of the latest research results. The content of the school is mostly technical – it is assumed the attendees understand current ML approaches and some of the underlying theoretical frameworks.
This year, the school will cover a broad spectrum of contemporary AI alignment topics, including:
Arguments for AI risk revisited: We will revisit the classical arguments for AI risk and the importance of alignment: risks from discontinuities, mesa-optimization, scheming – examining how each has fared against a decade of evidence, how the existing solutions look and how they may scale.
Post-training and alignment strategies today: We will examine what frontier AI post-training actually consists of today: character training, mid-training, and RLVR.
Understanding AIs: How we can understand current AIs using different approaches and levels of abstraction ranging from mechanistic interpretability to LLM psychology.
Representational alignment: We will examine work on convergence of internal representations across capable systems – including the Natural Abstraction, Platonic Representation Hypothesis and related lines of inquiry.
Complex systems alignment: AI systems do not exist in isolation, but are part of a more complex ecosystem of both human and artificial agents and institutions. What does the alignment relation mean in this context? How do we align the post-AGI civilization?
The school will consist of lectures and topical series, focused smaller-group workshops and discussions, expert panels, and opportunities for networking, project brainstorming and informal discussions.
Apply
We encourage you toapply early! Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and we expect most spots to fill by mid-June.
Visit our website for complete information about the school.
TL;DR: Apply now for the 6th Human-Aligned AI Summer School happening in Prague, July 13–16.
What
The sixth Human-Aligned AI Summer School, a four-day intensive summer school focused on technical AI alignment research, will take place in Prague from 13th to 16th July.
We will meet again for lectures, workshops, expert panels, and many engaging discussions. While we're still confirming our 2026 speakers, you can expect a similar caliber and range of topics to previous years (see the recordings archive).
For Whom
The intended audience of the school are researchers interested in learning more about AI alignment topics, PhD students, researchers working in ML/AI outside academia, and talented students.
Program
The school is focused on teaching and exploring approaches and frameworks, less on the presentation of the latest research results. The content of the school is mostly technical – it is assumed the attendees understand current ML approaches and some of the underlying theoretical frameworks.
This year, the school will cover a broad spectrum of contemporary AI alignment topics, including:
The school will consist of lectures and topical series, focused smaller-group workshops and discussions, expert panels, and opportunities for networking, project brainstorming and informal discussions.
Apply
We encourage you to apply early! Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and we expect most spots to fill by mid-June.
Visit our website for complete information about the school.