AI Safety Events · Week 41, 2026
This is a weekly newsletter that lists newly announced events addressing existential risk from AI. Visit AISafety.com/events for the full directory of upcoming events.
New events
• EA Summit: Seattle 2026
Conference · Seattle, USA · 6 Dec 2026
By Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), Effective Altruism Seattle · Free
Brings together newcomers and community members who want to do good with their careers, donations, and time – including in AI safety. Includes introductory talks, skill-building workshops, and networking.
• AI Safety Week 2026
Conference · Toronto, Canada · 9 – 13 Nov 2026
By AI Safety Foundation · Free · Apply by 11 Oct 2026
Gathers people across AI safety research, policy, journalism, funding, industry, and civil society. Includes talks, workshops, and working sessions on evidence, oversight, and coordination, plus the Hinton Lectures.
• AI Safety Unconference, Melbourne 2026 (AISUM26)
Conference · Melbourne, Australia · 27 Nov 2026
By AI Safety Australia and New Zealand (AIS ANZ) · Pay to attend (assistance available) · Apply by 15 Nov 2026
Brings together around 50 researchers, practitioners, and advocates in AI safety. Attendees pitch and vote on sessions – each ending in a proposal, an ask, or a decision – to work out where effort counts most.
• When AI Insiders Blow the Whistle: How Worried Should We Be?
Talk · Brussels, Belgium · 19 Oct 2026
By Brussels AGI Collective · Register by 19 Oct 2026
Fireside chat on claims that AI development has become dangerous, from a researcher quitting Anthropic to a colleague putting extinction risk above 10%. Asks how seriously to take them and what they mean for Europe.
• Frontier AI Risks Explained for Policy Professionals
Talk · London, UK · 19 Oct 2026
By Guardrails Club · Free · Register by 19 Oct 2026
Lightning talks from AI governance experts, including GovAI and UK AISI, on frontier AI risks and how countries are responding. For policy advisers, civil servants, think tank researchers, and regulators.
• Growing the AI Safety Community in Mexico: Tech Policy Panel
Talk · Mexico City, Mexico · 27 Oct 2026
By AI Safety Mexico, Mexico Tech Week · Free · Apply by 27 Oct 2026
Covers risks from misaligned AI systems, AI legislation in the Mexican Senate, and data center expansion in Querétaro. A reception follows, connecting attendees with people leading AI safety work in Latin America.
• AI 2027: The Scenario Anticipating the Arrival of Superintelligence, Analyzed in Spanish
Meetup · Online · 14 Oct 2026
By Seguridad de la IA (iaS), BlueDot Impact · Free · Register by 14 Oct 2026
Reviews the AI 2027 scenario's predictions, what has and hasn't happened so far, its critiques, and what it means for the Spanish-speaking world. Speaker Dani Lupión is the secretary of PauseAI España.
• AI Governance Fundamentals: Allan Dafoe's Overview and Theoretical Lenses
Other · Online · 14 Oct 2026
By The AI Collective · Free · Apply by 14 Oct 2026
Facilitated discussion exploring three ways of conceptualizing AI – as a general purpose, information, and intelligence technology – and how each shifts governance priorities. Includes an open Q&A.
• AI Reality Check
Other · 14 Nov 2026
By Humans in Control · Free (assistance available) · Apply by 14 Nov 2026
Day of action where volunteers give the same presentation, with slides and script provided, to their own communities, from living rooms to libraries. Covers the state of AI, what's at stake, and what people can do.
• The Commons Problem – Playtest 1
Other · Toronto, Canada · 17 Oct 2026
By Automaton Games · Pay to attend (assistance available) · Register by 10 Oct 2026
Megagame in which 30–60 players simulate the global AI ecosystem as tech leaders, politicians, and investors. Game masters inject crises such as economic collapse and misaligned superintelligence.
• Test Bench #1 – AI Safety Build Club
Workshop · Paris, France · 17 Oct 2026
By Nouvelle Machine · Free · Register by 16 Oct 2026
Short hands-on demo, then work blocks where each participant starts a first AI safety project: an eval, a French translation of a key resource, a governance brief, or a rebuttal to a paper. English speakers welcome.
• Launch: AI Safety Kaiserslautern + Guest Talks
Meetup · Kaiserslautern, Germany · 29 Oct 2026
By AI Safety Kaiserslautern · Free · Register by 29 Oct 2026
Covers how AI systems fail and what makes them trustworthy. Guest talks for a curious general audience of students, researchers, engineers, and enthusiasts – followed by informal networking.
• AI Safety x Quant Mixer Event
Meetup · London, UK · 15 Nov 2026
By Brian Davies, MATS, BlueDot Impact · Free (assistance available) · Apply by 1 Nov 2026
Gives quants concerned about AI risks a chance to meet AI safety researchers, including Neel Nanda and people from Anthropic, DeepMind, and Apollo Research. Optional mini-projects with feedback afterward.