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.
Hackathon
Swarm Alignment Hackathon
Online & Los Angeles, USA
6 – 8 Nov 2026
Teams build experiments and tools to investigate how behavior spreads through an AI swarm and what makes agents cooperate instead of compete. For security engineers, economists, network scientists, and ML researchers.
By Apart Research, AI Alignment Foundation (AIAF)
Free (cash prize available)
Register by 6 Nov 2026
Talk
AI Safety Careers Panel
Austin, USA
1 Dec 2026
Covers the many specialties within AI safety and how to contribute, with panelists from RAND, the Midas Project, and EquiStamp. Followed by networking.
By Austin AI Alignment
Free
Register by 1 Dec 2026
Other
AI Situations BlueDot Townhall
Houston, USA
25 Oct 2026
Open discussion on advanced AI, existential risk, and where skeptics disagree. Covers what new capabilities mean for swarm behavior and cyberrisk, biosecurity and weapons development, and academia and knowledge work.
By BlueDot Impact
Free
Register by 25 Oct 2026
Hackathon
Lexsi – AI Safety and Alignment Hackathon
Online
1 – 22 Nov 2026
Teams use open-source toolkits on open-weight models. One track targets catastrophic misuse, covering safeguards that survive harmful fine-tuning, unlearning of hazardous knowledge, and refusal circuits.
By Lexsi Labs
Free (cash prize available)
Register by 5 Nov 2026
Talk
Frontier AI Safety Incidents: Technical Implications and Open Questions
Vancouver, Canada
23 Oct 2026
Briefing separating what happened in recent incidents from what could have happened, highlighting risk factors such as safeguards removed during evaluation. Includes a panel, small-group discussions, and networking.
By Vancouver AI Safety Hub (VASH), UBC AI Safety
Free
Apply by 23 Oct 2026
Workshop
Let's talk about Power Concentration!
San Francisco, USA
11 Nov 2026
Examines how advanced AI could let a few companies, governments, or individuals gain unprecedented control. Maps the steps, gauges the odds, weighs safeguards against remaining gaps, and breaks into small-group debates.
