Updates from CAIA, including new papers, program announcements, and what our members have been up to.
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CAIA members attended an AI safety student roundtable in Washington, DC, organized by the Center for AI Safety. We met with AI safety organizers and student government leaders from other universities.
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We welcomed new and returning members for mocktails and conversation at our open house. Thank you to everyone who came to meet the community and learn about getting involved in AI safety at Cornell.
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Prof. Paul Gölz joined CAIA to present Distortion of AI Alignment: Does Preference Optimization Optimize for Preferences? The talk explored how preference optimization can distort diverse human preferences and what this means for pluralistic AI alignment. Thank you to Prof. Gölz and everyone who joined the discussion.
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CAIA members contributed to multiple papers accepted to ICML 2026 workshops, spanning pluralistic alignment, trustworthy AI, and mechanistic interpretability.
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EigenBench was accepted to ICLR 2026 and selected for an Oral presentation.
Read more about EigenBench selected for an ICLR 2026 oral presentation (opens in a new tab)Announcement ·
Governor Kathy Hochul signed the RAISE Act into law, establishing nation-leading AI safety requirements for frontier model developers. CAIA helped canvass support for the bill.
Read more about New York signs the RAISE Act into law (opens in a new tab)Event ·
Thank you everyone for a great semester working on AI safety. We wrapped up with a fun CAIA ice skate social.
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Thank you to everyone who attended our workshop and mini-hackathon today.
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CAIA members gathered for an evening of bowling at Helen Newman Hall.