Georgia Tech AI Safety Initiative Retrospective 2025-2026

Georgia Tech's AI Safety Initiative achieved unusual success this past academic year, LessWrong reports, with fifteen or more members placed in paid AI safety roles and fellowships. The program received over one hundred fifty applications for its fellowships and grew to fifty to one hundred active members. In their retrospective, organizers shared three key lessons: deliberately invest in exceptional people rather than casting a wide net, use one-on-one mentorship intensively, and maintain professional standards to attract serious talent. The initiative also expanded faculty partnerships and launched new research collaborations around AI safety.

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