Supports undergraduate and graduate students in research to reduce risks from advanced AI, with a reading group and a policy fellowship.
Also known as / formerly AI Safety Student Team, AISST, Harvard AI Safety Team
- Joining
- ApplicationNo experience needed
- When
- Fall 2026 applications closed Sep 4Next round likely in Spring 2027
- Meets
- Reading-group cohorts meet once a week for two hours
About
Opportunities include a semester-long introductory reading group on AI safety topics and a Governance, Policy & Strategy Fellowship.
How to join
- Application — A written application, often followed by interviews.
Usually recruits in fall, spring and summer.
Fall 2026 recruiting
Closed Sep 4- Deadline
- Sep 4
- Form
- Fall 2026 application · airtable.com
Details
- Members
- 95 members
What they do
- Governance, Policy & Strategy Fellowship
- Semester-long introductory reading group on AI safety topics
- Research to reduce risks from advanced AI
- Newsletter
- Nine-week introductory fellowships (reading groups) in Technical, Policy, and AI × Biorisk tracks
- Weekend workshops with MIT AI Alignment where students meet AI safety professionals
- Research, reading groups, workshops and speaker events
- Members join a technical, policy or strategy track and facilitate future cohorts
Mission, in their words
To reduce catastrophic risks from AI through research, education and capacity building.
Sponsors & partners
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative (CBAI)
More links
- aisafetyteam.orgWebsite
- Career center listingHarvard directory
- airtable.com/appfCrFKXRRsdG3jW/shrrWXdR9tI8U0URCApplication form
- Join
- harvardaisafetyteam@gmail.comEmail
Sources
- AI Safety Student Team – Harvard FAS | Mignone Center for Career SuccessHarvard page · seen Oct 29, 2026
- Student clubs (career center)Harvard page · seen Oct 4, 2026
- CS clubsHarvard page · seen Sep 30, 2026
- Programs · AISTClub website · seen Oct 29, 2026
- About · AISTClub website · seen Oct 29, 2026
- Join · AISTClub website · seen Oct 29, 2026
- AIST · AI Safety TeamClub website · seen Oct 29, 2026
- Technical Fellowship — AISSTClub website · seen Sep 30, 2026
- Membership Application — AISSTClub website · seen Sep 30, 2026
- AISST articleClub website · seen Sep 30, 2026
- AISSTClub website · seen Sep 30, 2026
- Mission — AISSTClub website · seen Sep 30, 2026
- Donate — AISSTClub website · seen Sep 30, 2026
- Wikipedia: List of Harvard College undergraduate organizationsOther website · seen Oct 1, 2026
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