Research institute · Research orgs · Cambridge, MA · Est. 2022
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative (CBAI) is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2022 that focuses on AI-safety research and education, with an emphasis on building the local pipeline of technically capable students and early-career researchers in the Cambridge/Boston area. CBAI’s programs combine (1) research work that it conducts and/or supports (with published research highlighted on its site), (2) structured, in-person fellowship programs in AI safety and AIxBiosecurity, and (3) technical upskilling via short bootcamps.
It also acts as a “Model A” fiscal sponsor for student-run AI Safety teams at Harvard and MIT, providing administrative and operational support so those student groups can sustain programming and research activity.
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The CAIRD Workshop, co-hosted with the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative, has released all 11 talks on YouTube. Topics include a scoring flaw behind the Hugging Face incident and sandbox escapes targeting inference engines.
Fall 2026 AI Safety Research Fellowship announced (program dates October 13–December 18)CBAI announced its next AI Safety Research Fellowship cycle, describing it as an intensive, fully-funded program hosted in Cambridge with program dates October 13 to December 18.
Fall 2026 AIxBiosecurity Research Fellowship announced (program dates October 13–December 18)CBAI announced its AIxBiosecurity Research Fellowship program and stated that the Fall 2026 cohort runs October 13 to December 18.
CBAI hiring/promotional updates on fellowships and applications (X account)CBAI posted multiple updates on its X account related to fellowship applications and program details for upcoming cycles.