Technical Paper Reading Group

Bi-weekly 2-hour sessions with food provided. We are currently updating this page for the 2025/26 schedule. You can find the registration link for each session below:

  ⚙ Week 1 (Sept 24th, 2025) : Research Landscape & Group Vision  (closed)

🤖 Week 2 (October 8th, 2025) :  Scheming (closed)

🧪 Week 3 (October 22nd, 2025) : Safety Evaluations (Register Here)

📟Week 4 (November 5th, 2025) : Mechanistic Interpretability (Register Here)

 👩🏽‍💻Week 5 (November 19th) : Scalable Oversight (Register Here)

 🧠Week 6 (December 3rd) : Control (Register Here)

 💻 Week 7 (December 17th): Constitutional AI (Register Here)

Details:

Sessions will engage participants with recent papers across topics including mechanistic interpretability, AI control, scalable oversight, capability evaluation, and failure mode identification. The group emphasizes critical analysis and discussion and seeks to help participants develop skills in evaluating technical research.

Who Should Attend:

While no prior experience is required, having a working knowledge of AI Safety and machine learning concepts is highly recommended for participants to gain the most from sessions. If you're unsure whether you have sufficient background, check out this preparation document which gives resources on topics you should be familiar with for maximum engagement with the material.