The landscape
Who else is doing this work?
From what we can tell, there is no comparable international, residential youth program that combines the humanities and AI research. But there is a robust, emerging ecosystem of organizations tackling related problems, and we hope many of them will be partners in this effort.
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 Align the FutureAlign the FutureAn international, experiential and cross-disciplinary summer program that equips young people to align and govern AI, and places graduates directly into labs, think tanks and government.
| KairosKairosA young nonprofit building talent pipelines into AI safety, funded with $50M from Coefficient Giving in 2026. Its programs include the Pathfinder Fellowship for university AI safety groups, SPAR, a remote research fellowship, and the Generator Residency in Berkeley.
| RSIResearch Science InstituteOne of the world’s most selective summer research programs for high schoolers. Focused on science talent and international cooperation broadly, with no AI safety content.
| FABRICFABRICPrague nonprofit running free residential camps for talented, analytical students from around the world. Its Program on AI and Reasoning explores how minds work, artificial and human, as science, with attention to the ethics and safety of AI.
| ML4GoodML4GoodBootcamps that equip technical and governance talent to join the AI safety field, run on five continents.
| MATSMATSIndependent research fellowship that pairs talented researchers with top mentors in AI alignment, transparency and security, with a funded extension for many fellows.
| AI CivicsData & Society, AI CivicsA public education program on AI and society from Data & Society, launched in 2026 with $3M from Humanity AI. It starts by convening communities in libraries across the US, with the Digital Public Library of America.
| Non-TrivialNon-TrivialVirtual research incubator where talented teens take on the world’s most pressing problems, AI among them, mentored by trained facilitators from top universities. Run by Leaf.
| LeafLeafNonprofit running four online fellowships for teens. “Dilemmas and Dangers in AI” pairs AI risk and governance with ethics and history. Leaf also runs Non-Trivial.
| BlueDotBlueDotTalent accelerator for beneficial AI and societal resilience. Runs online courses, funds talented people and brings ambitious teams together in person.
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| Aligning AI with human ends | No | No | ||||||||
| Designed for Youth(Pre-College) | No | No | No | No | No | |||||
| Grounded in the humanities | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Conducts technical research | No | No | No | |||||||
| Highly selective | No | No | ||||||||
| Residential program | No | No | No | |||||||
| International relationship building | No | No | No | No | ||||||
| AI policy & diplomacy | No | No | No | |||||||
| Experiential & project-based | No | No | ||||||||
| Placement into AI safety work | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||||
| Shapes public discourse | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
