State of AI Safety 2026
AI safety is no longer a niche research concern — it's a front-page issue touching every sector of public life.
Join us for an intimate evening gathering of thinkers, builders, observers, and decision-makers to take stock of where we are and where we're headed.
Hosted at Collider — New York's first impact and AI safety-driven workspace — expect a few short talks, open discussion, and light refreshments.
What to expect:
Brief perspectives from voices across alignment research, legislation, governance, and forecasting:
Structured open floor Q&A and cross-sector discussion
Informal networking before and after
This is for people who are:
Interested/Concerned with AI Safety but don't know where to start
Already in the conversation/working in AI Safety and want to go deeper
Our speakers:
1. Peter Hase — Peter is a Visiting AI Scientist at Schmidt Sciences and a visiting researcher at the Stanford NLP Group. His work focuses on AI safety and interpretability.
2. Henry Josephson — Henry is a legislative aide for NY Assemblymember Alex Bores, where he focuses on emerging technology policy — most notably the RAISE Act.
3. Connacher Murphy — Connacher is a research manager at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and previously worked at the Forecasting Research Institute. He’ll be presenting a new WP on a forecasting survey on the economic impacts of AI.
4. Haakon Huynh — Haakon is a researcher focused on the political economy of AI infrastructure and governance. He’ll be presenting a new paper on shared compute infrastructure.
Run of show:
6:30-7pm - Networking
7-7.45pm - Short talks by speakers
7.45 - 8.15pm - Q+A
Thank you to our organizers:
1. BlueDot Impact
2. Collider
3. NYCAISF