A fully funded retreat in the Finger Lakes, November 13–15 — students, researchers, and builders from across the region. Lodging, meals, and travel covered. No background required.
The retreat is run by CNY AI Safety — a lightweight regional network, and an aggregator. We map and link the AI safety groups already active across Central and Western New York, help start new local hubs where there's a gap, and bring everyone together at shared events. It started in Rochester; it's built to spread.
Tap a city to see its local hubs ↓
We point to and link the AI safety clubs, reading groups, and builders already active across the region.
Where a campus has interest but no group, we'll come give a free talk and help a new local hub get off the ground.
We bring the network together in person — starting with a small launch retreat, then larger events that rotate between cities.
Across the region, students and researchers are already running AI safety groups. We connect them and help new ones start. Here are examples of local hubs — and where the next ones could be.
Student-led club running alignment fellowships, technical reading groups, and research support for undergrad and grad students.
Visit cornell-aia.org ›The network's launch node — a durable local group forming around the launch event.
Get involved ›Interest among local technical builders — looking for organizers to anchor a Buffalo hub.
Request a talk to start one ›Policy and bio communities to draw from — a Syracuse hub is waiting to be started.
Request a talk to start one ›Responsible-AI and agent-safety research already underway — a natural place for the next hub.
Request a talk to start one ›Active hubs are independent local groups, shown here as examples of AI safety activity in the region — listing isn't an endorsement or a formal affiliation. Running a group we should feature, or want to start one? Tell us ›
Students, researchers, and builders in AI, CS, policy, philosophy, and the sciences — at any level of experience with safety. No prior safety background required.
…plus BlueDot community members across Central and Western New York.
Students across the region are excited about AI — but few local groups connect that energy to reducing risk from increasingly capable systems. CNY AI Safety is a standing on-ramp into the field: a network that keeps making the connection, not a one-off event.
Surface students and builders across the region who could go deep on safety — and keep them connected.
Turn events and hub meetups into demos, evals, and proposals worth continuing.
Grow a durable web of local hubs that keeps meeting between events, not just during them.
Applications close Friday, October 16 and take about fifteen minutes. We read every one and reply to everybody either way.