

HackTalk: Jurgis Kemeklis
HackTalk: Jurgis Kemeklis
Jurgis Kemeklis is an undergraduate at MIT and an executive board member of MIT AI Alignment (MAIA). He works with Redwood Research on simulation-based AI control and red-teaming AI monitors. With Nikhil Vemuri, he won first place at Apart's AI Control Hackathon 2026 with “Omission Attacks: When Doing Nothing Is the Attack”, on agents that cause harm by leaving out necessary actions rather than taking suspicious ones.
Talk: “Mitigating Insider threats from AIs with AI control”
Format: 15-30 min talk + 10-15 min Q&A. Online (Zoom); the Zoom link is shown once you RSVP.
Part of the AI Collusion Research Sprint, October 23-25, online and at hubs in New York City and Hong Kong. Co-organized by Apart Research, Poseidon Research and AE Studio, sponsored by Modal, The AI Alignment Foundation and Nebius.