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Anthropic Fellows Program
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This announcement is relevant for researchers or practitioners looking to enter AI safety research; the program represents one of Anthropic's efforts to grow the broader safety research ecosystem through structured, funded fellowships.
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Summary
Anthropic is launching a 6-month fellowship offering 10-15 technical professionals the opportunity to conduct full-time AI safety research with mentorship and funding. The program is designed to broaden the pipeline of qualified AI safety researchers by supporting people who may not yet be working full-time in the field.
Key Points
- •6-month funded fellowship for 10-15 technical professionals to pursue full-time AI safety research at Anthropic
- •Program provides mentorship from Anthropic researchers alongside financial support, lowering barriers to entry in the field
- •Aims to expand the overall pool of AI safety researchers working on critical alignment challenges
- •Targets technically skilled individuals who want to transition into or deepen their AI safety work
- •Part of Anthropic's broader effort to grow the AI safety research community beyond its own internal staff
Review
The Anthropic Fellows Program represents a strategic initiative to address the talent gap in AI safety research by providing structured support and mentorship to mid-career technical professionals. By offering a comprehensive package including a $2,100 weekly stipend, research funding, and guidance from leading researchers like Jan Leike and Ethan Perez, the program seeks to lower barriers to entry in this critical field and cultivate new research talent.
The program's approach is notable for its emphasis on diversity of perspectives and openness to candidates without prior AI safety experience, focusing instead on technical excellence and genuine commitment to developing safe AI systems. By targeting research areas like Scalable Oversight, Adversarial Robustness, and Model Interpretability, the fellowship aims to produce tangible research outputs, with an explicit goal of having each Fellow co-author a research paper. This structured yet flexible model could serve as a template for other organizations seeking to expand the AI safety research ecosystem and address potential existential risks from advanced AI systems.
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Introducing the Anthropic Fellows Program
Alignment Science Blog
Introducing the Anthropic Fellows Program for AI Safety Research
”This is an exceptional opportunity to join AI safety research, collaborating with leading researchers on one of the world's most pressing problems." — Jan Leike
We're launching the Anthropic Fellows Program for AI Safety Research , a pilot initiative designed to accelerate AI safety research and foster research talent. The program will provide funding and mentorship for a small cohort of 10-15 Fellows to work full-time on AI safety research. Over the course of six months, Fellows will be matched with Anthropic mentors to investigate AI safety research questions in areas such as Adversarial Robustness, Dangerous Capability Evaluations, and Scalable Oversight.
From our previous external collaborations, we’ve seen that we can speed up progress towards our AI safety priorities by supporting technical talent—regardless of their level of previous experience—in their first forays into safety research. It’s also important for the development of safe AI to incorporate a diversity of perspectives. Providing a new avenue for mentorship and financial support will expand the pool of researchers working at the frontier of AI safety and alignment.
Why we're launching this program
Anthropic has made significant strides in AI safety research, but effectively addressing the challenges ahead requires a broader pool of researchers. There are many talented researchers and engineers who are interested in AI safety research, but who are unsure how to pivot into the field. Our researchers have completed many successful collaborations with technical talent interested in pivoting into AI safety: in the past year we’ve completed about a dozen projects with external collaborators, many of which have been published at top venues. [1]
What Fellows should expect
While Fellows will not be officially employed by Anthropic, we will support them to collaborate full-time with Anthropic researchers for 6 months by providing:
Compensation. Fellows will receive a weekly stipend of $2,100 & access to benefits.
Funding for Research Costs. Fellows will collectively have access to a budget of approximately $10,000 per fellow per month for compute, human data, and other research spending. All research projects will be conducted using publicly available APIs and open-source models.
Mentorship. Fellows will receive guidance from Anthropic researchers, including ideas for potential projects, weekly research meetings, and discussions over Slack.
Community. There will be a group Slack for Fellows and mentors. While you won’t be based out of the Anthropic offices, if you’re in the Bay Area or in London, you will be able to work from shared workspaces that also host other AI safety researchers — and you’ll have regular opportunities to visit our San Francisco or London offices.
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