Bay Area Monthly AI Safety Meetup (July) - w speakers from Princeton, Sony, and Holistic - sponsored by Holistic AI

​July edition of the monthly academic salon discussing all aspects under the critical topic of AI safety, merging scholastic learnings with enterprise ideals.

​Speakers this month:

• ​Xiangyu Qi, Research @ Princeton - speaking on this paper for AI risk management https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.19524

• ​Vinit Acharya - MLE  in Trust and Safety @ PlayStation, Sony Interactive Entertainment 

• ​Aaron Scher - Research scholar @ MATS - “Introduction to Sycophancy and Reward Hacking on Human Feedback”

• ​Holistic AI - issues in AI data governance

​TLDR: Bringing together scholastic exercises with enterprise work in AI, this is a forum to discuss and address the deepest technical and ethical questions around AI safety in use within society. Primarily a social event to discuss current issues, featuring lightning talks while leaving more time for Q&A that could instigate a larger scope for any solutions.

​Sponsored by Holistic AI:

​With role-based dashboards for risk posture management, automated workflows, AI discovery and inventory, the platform empowers enterprises to create, operate, and innovate confidently while ensuring regulatory compliance.

​Schedule:

• ​5:30pm - Doors / pizza

• ​6:30pm - Lightning Talks w Q&A (5-10 min)

• ​7:00pm - Discussion

• ​8:30pm - Shutting it down