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Introducing the OpenAI Safety Fellowship, a new program supporting independent research on AI safety and alignment—and the next generation of talent. https://t.co/vAQKvf8KyO
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View on XOpenAI Launches Safety Fellowship to Fund Independent Research on Advanced AI
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OpenAI opened applications for its new Safety Fellowship, a five-month pilot program providing stipends and compute to external researchers. The initiative aims to build a pipeline of technical talent focused on critical areas like agentic oversight and safety evaluation for frontier models.
OpenAI introduced the Safety Fellowship, a pilot program for external researchers and engineers to conduct high-impact research on the safety of advanced AI systems. Running from September 2026 to February 2027, the fellowship provides a monthly stipend, compute support, and mentorship from the company's technical staff.
The program addresses the need for rigorous safety standards as models move toward agentic AI (autonomous systems that plan and execute multi-step tasks). By prioritizing research in robustness and agentic oversight, the initiative seeks to develop a technical talent pool capable of building reliable safeguards for future frontier models (state-of-the-art AI systems).
You can apply until May 3, 2026, with notifications sent by late July. While fellows receive API credits and workspace in Berkeley, they will not have access to internal systems. The program is open to various technical backgrounds and requires a final research output like a paper, benchmark, or dataset.
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