Alternative title: Open Problems in AI Safety & Security

There are approximately 2-4 thousand researchers working full-time on frontier AI safety and security worldwide, including cyber, biosec, and loss-of-control risks. Meanwhile, AI is the fastest-growing technology in history, in terms of capital expenditure, deployment speed, and revenue growth. There are many critical unsolved scientific and engineering problems necessary for safe and secure deployment of frontier AI systems. In this workshop, MATS Research invites AI researchers and industry professionals to share their insights about the highest-priority problems in the emerging science of AI safety.

Together, participants will explore which challenges are most urgent, tractable, and neglected, identify critical gaps in existing research agendas, and consider where additional research capacity could have the greatest impact. By bringing together perspectives across disciplines, the workshop aims to surface actionable research directions and help inform a more coordinated, strategically prioritized approach to advancing AI safety and security.