AI Safety Virtual Hackathon (1-day)

​This is a community-run event as part of Sally's AI Governance course project!

About this Hackathon

• ​​Is there an issue in AI Safety you deeply care about? Do you want to realize your ideas and see if they hold water? Would you like to meet a larger community of AI Safety enthusiasts and practitioners? 

• ​​Join us for the May Virtual AISF Hackathon!

• ​​The event runs May 10 (Saturday) EST 9am - 3pm / BST 2pm - 8pm, ideal for individuals residing in US East Coast, Western Europe, and Western Africa time zones

​​Hackathon Format

• ​​Participants can join as solo person or team (max 5-people per team)

• ​​The hackathon project can be code-based or not-code-based. The final result and awards are judged based on its innovativeness, level of impact, and how implementable it can be 

• ​​Sample projects:

  • ​​Security - Create a tool that evaluates AI-generated code for potential security vulnerabilities

  • ​​Content - Develop a "hallucination highlighter" that identifies factual claims in AI outputs and estimates their reliability 

  • ​​Educational - Using tools such as Canva, design educational materials aimed at children or older adults that discuss the importance of AI Safety in daily life 

  • ​​Visual - Create a taxonomy of AI harms and potential mitigations, organized as a visual mind map or spreadsheet

• ​​To submit your intent to join, please apply to this event!

​​Schedule (in EST)

1. ​​9am - 9.15am - Opening Remarks and schedule

2. ​​9.15am - 12pm - First half of Hackathon 

3. ​​12pm - 12.15pm - Mid-Hackathon Check-in 

4. ​​12.15pm - 2pm - Second half of Hackathon 

5. ​​2pm - 3pm - Hackathon Work Presentations

6. ​3pm - open end - Virtual Social