AI Safety Virtual Hackathon (1-day)
This is a community-run event as part of Sally's AI Governance course project!
About this Hackathon
Is there an issue in AI Safety you deeply care about? Do you want to realize your ideas and see if they hold water? Would you like to meet a larger community of AI Safety enthusiasts and practitioners?
Join us for the May Virtual AISF Hackathon!
The event runs May 10 (Saturday) EST 9am - 3pm / BST 2pm - 8pm, ideal for individuals residing in US East Coast, Western Europe, and Western Africa time zones
Submit your project here: https://forms.gle/ueADiYxTZeJTA21m9
Hackathon Format
Participants can join as solo person or team (max 5-people per team)
The hackathon project can be code-based or not-code-based. The final result and awards are judged based on its innovativeness, level of impact, and how implementable it can be
Sample projects:
Security - Create a tool that evaluates AI-generated code for potential security vulnerabilities
Content - Develop a "hallucination highlighter" that identifies factual claims in AI outputs and estimates their reliability
Educational - Using tools such as Canva, design educational materials aimed at children or older adults that discuss the importance of AI Safety in daily life
Visual - Create a taxonomy of AI harms and potential mitigations, organized as a visual mind map or spreadsheet
To submit your intent to join, please apply to this event!
Rule for Hackathon
Please only submit hackathon work that was completed during the May 10 9am-3pm EST time period. We would like this hackathon to be fair for all
Schedule (in EST)
9am - 9.15am - Opening Remarks and schedule
9.15am - 12pm - First half of Hackathon
12pm - 12.15pm - Mid-Hackathon Check-in
12.15pm - 3pm - Second half of Hackathon
3pm - Deadline to submit your project/proposal
After the Hackathon:
May 11 - 17 - Judges deliberate on the hackathon submissions
May 18 - Announcements for top 3 winners of the Hackathon go out by email