Mitigating Insider Threats from AIs with AI Control | 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 Swarm Alignment Hackathon, November 6-8, online and at AE Studio in Los Angeles and seven other local hubs around the world. Co-organized by Apart Research and AI Alignment Foundation in partnership with AE Studio, sponsored by Adaption.