Opportunity type
Event
Contest
Cause areas
AI safety & policy
Routes to impact
Skill-building & building career capital
Learning about important cause areas
Testing your fit for a certain career path
Direct high impact on an important cause
Networking with peers around AI governance topics
Skill set
Research
Software engineering
Collaborative problem-solving
AI governance understanding
Deadline
2026-03-20
Description
The AI Control Hackathon 2026 is a remote, three-day event (March 20–22) for anyone interested in advancing the field of AI safety by developing, testing, and improving protocols to keep AI systems safe and under human oversight.
- Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and security professionals to tackle real-world AI control challenges using platforms like ControlArena and SHADE-Arena.
- Choose from tracks including protocol design, red teaming, and vulnerability research, with no prior AI safety experience required.
- Compete for $2,000 in cash prizes, full travel support to ControlConf 2026, and fast-track opportunities to the Apart Fellowship.
- Present your work to leading AI safety organizations and gain exposure for further development or publication.
No visa is required for remote participation; travel support is available for top teams attending ControlConf.
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