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Foundational AI Safety Research

We aim to produce foundational research enabling the safe and beneficial development of advanced AI. See our publications below.

Luke Marks, Amir Abdullah, Luna Mendez, Rauno Arike, Philip Torr, Fazl Barez

arXiv
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Interpreting Reward Models in RLHF-Tuned Language Models Using Sparse Autoencoders

Alex Foote1*, Neel Nanda2, Esben Kran1, Ionnis Konstas3, Shay Cohen4, Fazl Barez1,4,5*

RTML workshop at ICLR 2023
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Neuron to Graph: Interpreting Language Model Neurons at Scale

NeurIPS 2023 XAI in Action Workshop
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DeepDecipher

Philip Quirke, Fazl Barez

arXiv
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Understanding Addition in Transformers

Michael Lan, Fazl Barez

arXiv
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Locating Cross-Task Sequence Continuation Circuits in Transformers

Detecting Edit Failures In Large Language Models: An Improved Specificity Benchmark

Jason Hoelscher-Obermaier1*, Julia Persson1*, Esben Kran1, Ionnis Konstas2, Fazl Barez1,3*

ACL 2023
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The Larger They Are, the Harder They Fail: Language Models do not Recognize Identifier Swaps in Python

Antonio Valerio Miceli-Barone1*, Fazl Barez1*, Ioannis Konstas2, Shay B. Cohen1

ACL 2023
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AI and Democracy Hackathon: Demonstrating the Risks

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May 6, 2024
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Join us to demonstrate the future of AI risk to democratic institutions with inspiring speakers and a worldwide community!
May 3
to
May 6, 2024
3
May
3
May

AI and Democracy Hackathon: Demonstrating the Risks

Independently organized SprintX
🚩
Virtual & Local
3
May
Canceled

AI and Democracy Hackathon: Demonstrating the Risks

AI and Democracy Hackathon: Demonstrating the Risks

Independently organized SprintX
🚩
Virtual & Local
18
May
18
May

Computational Mechanics Hackathon!

Independently organized SprintX
Hybrid, with an in person group in Berkeley, CA.
18
May
Canceled

Computational Mechanics Hackathon!

Computational Mechanics Hackathon!

Independently organized SprintX
Hybrid, with an in person group in Berkeley, CA.
24
May
24
May

AI Security Hackathon: Measuring AI Capability

Independently organized SprintX
🚩
Virtual & Local
24
May
Canceled

AI Security Hackathon: Measuring AI Capability

AI Security Hackathon: Measuring AI Capability

Independently organized SprintX
🚩
Virtual & Local
28
Jun
28
Jun

Deception Detection Hackathon: Can we prevent AGI from deceiving humans?

Independently organized SprintX
🚩
Virtual & Local
28
Jun
Canceled

Deception Detection Hackathon: Can we prevent AGI from deceiving humans?

Deception Detection Hackathon: Can we prevent AGI from deceiving humans?

Independently organized SprintX
🚩
Virtual & Local

Welcome to the Flagging AI Risks Sprint Season. From March to June 2024, Apart is hosting four research hackathons focused on catastrophic risk evaluations of AI. See the hackathons above and stay updated by signing up!

What does Apart do?

We solve high-impact, neglected and tractable problems in AI safety

Field-building for AI safety

Our initiatives allow people from diverse backgrounds to have an impact on AI safety. On 7 continents, more than 200 projects have been developed by over 1,000 researchers. Some teams have gone on to publish their research at major academic venues, such as NeurIPS and ACL.

High-impact research

We engage in both original research and contracting for research projects that aim to translate academic insights into actionable strategies for mitigating catastrophic risks associated with AI. We have co-authored with researchers from the University of Oxford, DeepMind, Edinburgh University and more.

A vision for the future

Our aim is to foster a positive vision and an action-focused approach to AI safety, a commitment underscored by our signing of both the Statement on AI Risk and the Letter for an AI Moratorium. We are privileged to not only be tightly connected with but also actively develop a large community in AI safety.

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