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🗓️ This week, the SRI Seminar Series welcomes Harvard University Jr. Fellow Rediet Abebe for a talk on using algorithmic prediction to efficiently allocate societal resources. Nov. 6, 12:30pm ET. 💡 Talk: “When does resource allocation require prediction?” 🔗 bit.ly/3NQfMfn

🌟 12 Days of SRI! 🌟 Data-driven, AI-aligned. In May, leading experts from diverse fields gathered at SRI’s annual conference to discuss the future of AI research. 🔥Catch up on the key takeaways: uoft.me/sri-absint24

Congratulations to all the fellows, especially my former student Mark Bailey, who is an absolute powerhouse. It was a fantastic experience collaborating with him on our AAAI paper, and I’m excited to see all that he’ll accomplish in his new AI safety research journey at Berkeley.

I'm looking for a postdoc to work on algorithmic fairness, AI alignment, cooperative AI, AI safety, and related topics from the lens of social choice theory. Applications sent in by the end of January will receive full consideration. Details: cs.toronto.edu/theory/positio…

📢 Speaker spotlight: Meet Nicolas Papernot, Assistant Prof. University of Toronto, Canada CIFAR AI Chair Vector Institute and the new Co-Director of the CAISI Research Program at CIFAR. Learn about his vision for #AISafety at #CIFARTalks AI Safety, Feb 4. Details: cifar.ca/events/cifar-t…

📢Post Doc Researcher position now also available in our group at #MicrosoftResearch AI Frontiers. If you're interested in making #AI agents and systems usable, safe, and reliable, apply here: aka.ms/AIFrontiers-Ag…

#IJCAIawards Nisarg Shah Nisarg Shah co-developed a nonprofit #Spliddit Spliddit that has helped over 250,000 people make #fair everyday decisions🌐👀 spliddit.org Nisarg is the winner of the 2024 IJCAI Computers and Though Award. #IJCAI2025 Vector Institute

r1 CoT: "Fuck! I used "wait" in my inner monologue. I need to apologize. I'm so sorry, user! I messed up." (I'm slowly learning how to manipulate r1's "thoughts")

#IJCAIawards In case you missed it – the latest article on CHAHAK, an AI-driven system enhancing India’s largest maternal mHealth program, aims to improve healthcare access for millions. Co-authored by Milind Tambe Milind Tambe (moving @milindtambe-ai.bsky.social) 📖👀onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aa… #IJCAI2025

Big news! CIFAR has appointed SRI’s Associate Director & Research Lead Sheila McIlraith to its CAISI Research Council! Co-led by SRI Faculty Affiliate Nicolas Papernot, the cross-Canada council will advise on #AIsafety. Congrats, Sheila! Learn more: bit.ly/3COqelr

Interview with Nisarg Shah: Understanding fairness in AI and machine learning ift.tt/0c1kER8

Honored to be recognized by my alma mater!

#IJCAIawarda Interview with the winner of the 2024 IJCAI Computers and Thought Award, Nisarg Shah about the role of theory in machine learning, fairness & safety guarantees, conference reviews, & more by AIhub ambassador Kumar Kshitij Patel Kumar Kshitij Patel #IJCAI2025

Finally, the report discusses implications for existing work in AI safety, governance, and ethics, emphasising that multi-agent risks are distinct from those posed by single agents or less advanced systems, and will not necessarily be addressed by efforts to mitigate the latter.

I had fun with this Computers and Thought Award interview at IJCAI 2024, discussing the role of theory and provable guarantees in AI/ML esp. for fairness/safety, the need for concreteness in AI regulation, and the health of AI conferences. Thanks AIhub and Kumar Kshitij Patel!