This post was cross posted to the EA Forum TL;DR: One of the largest talent gaps in AI safety is competent generalists: program managers, fieldbuilders, operators, org leaders, chiefs of staff, founders. Ambitious, competent junior people could develop the skills to fill these roles, but there are no good pathways...
TL;DR: SPAR is accepting mentee applications for Spring 2026, our largest round yet with 130+ projects across AI safety, governance, security, and (new this round) biosecurity. The program runs from February 16 to May 16. Applications close January 14, but mentors review on a rolling basis, so apply early. See...
Registrations are open for SPAR Demo Day on Saturday, Dec 13! Register Now! SPAR is a research mentorship program helping aspiring researchers contribute meaningfully to frontier AI safety work. This year's virtual Demo Day (hosted in Gather Town) showcases 90+ technical and governance projects developed over 3 months by this...
We’re excited to announce that Kairos is taking over the Global Challenges Project! After running a successful and cost-effective program, GCP’s former leadership has accepted other opportunities. Kairos will serve as the new institutional home for GCP, and we’re excited to add this program to our portfolio to ensure GCP...
Mentor applications for the Spring 2026 round of SPAR are open! This time, we’re accepting any projects related to ensuring transformative AI goes well, from technical AI safety to policy to gradual disempowerment to AI welfare and more. We’re particularly excited to announce we’ll now be accepting biosecurity projects! SPAR...
TL;DR: Kairos is hiring a full-time Founding Generalist ($90k–$150k) and a part-time SPAR Contractor ($25–$45/hr) to help scale up our AI safety talent development programs and continue growing our organization. Applications close November 4th. Know someone who'd be great? We’re also offering a $5,000 referral bonus for the Founding Generalist...
TL;DR: SPAR is now accepting mentee applications for Fall 2025 with 80+ AI safety and governance research projects available, nearly double our last round. We expect to accept over 200 mentees. Applications close August 20th. The Supervised Program for Alignment Research (SPAR) is now accepting mentee applications for Fall 2025,...