Global South AI Safety Hackathon | Bengaluru
Join us in person at Bengaluru’s C4C campus for the Asia track of the global AI Safety Hackathon, organized by Apart Research, in partnership with Electric Sheep
🏆Prize:
The winning team will be awarded: $1000.
📅Timeline:
19th- Hackathon begins at 9 am
20th- Hackathon continuation
21st- Last day of hackathon and final submission
Who should participate?
AI safety researchers and engineers
Machine learning researchers and engineers
Policy researchers working on AI governance
Software engineers interested in safety infrastructure
Security researchers and red teamers
Students and early-career researchers exploring AI safety
Anyone working on AI and its impacts in the Global South
What you will do:
Form teams and choose a regional track and sub-track
Research and scope a specific problem using the provided resources
Build a project: a tool, evaluation, policy analysis, or research contribution
Submit a research report (PDF) documenting your approach, results, and implications
Have your work reviewed by judges from AI safety organizations, universities, and policy institutions in your region
What happens next?
After the hackathon, all submitted projects are reviewed by expert judges. Top projects receive prizes. The best teams may be invited into the Apart Fellowship for continued research and mentorship (subject to the asterisked caveat in Overview).
Remote Participation:
You can also join it remotely. Use This link to join the hackathon remotely: Remote participation link
Supported by Schmidt Sciences.
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