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We aim to provide talented individuals with the skills, community, and confidence to contribute directly to technical AI safety.
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ARENA is a programme of the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA)
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Aspiring AI safety researchers and engineers; open to people of all experience levels incl
We are open to people of all levels of experience, whether they are still in school or have already graduated.
No stipend or allowance is provided to participants · No remote version of the course is offered; participation is in-person only at LISA · Programme is offered only in-person; no remote version is available
Please note: we do not provide ARENA participants with a stipend or allowance.
Co-located at LISA with Apollo Research, BlueDot Impact and programmes including LASR Labs
LISA is also home to organisations (e.g., Apollo Research, BlueDot Impact), several other AI safety researcher development programmes (e.g., LASR Labs, MATS extension, PIBBSS, Pivotal Research)
Covers travel, visa expenses, accommodation, and meals/drinks/snacks for in-person partici · Curriculum materials are published online for free to enable independent study
We will cover the costs of travel to/from London, any visa expenses, accommodation for the full duration of the programme, and provide meals, drinks and snacks on programme days.
Curriculum materials published online for free independent study or use by other course or
For those who wish to use our materials – whether to learn independently, or run their own AI safety courses – our curriculum is available online.
ARENA is a programme of the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA)
ARENA is a programme of the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA).
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ARENA – AI Safety Education
Programme of the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) · Mission to provide skills, community, and confidence for technical AI safety · 4-5 week in-person bootcamps, 2-3 iterations per year
Provide talented individuals with the skills, community, and confidence to contribute directly to technical AI safety
ARENA 9.0 in-person bootcamp from October 5 to November 6, 2026 at LISA, London
2-3 in-person programming bootcamps per year, each lasting 4-5 weeks
Funded by Coefficient Giving
London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) in Shoreditch, London
Curriculum materials published online for free independent study or use by other course organisers
Covers travel, visa expenses, accommodation, and meals/drinks/snacks for in-person participants
No stipend or allowance is provided to participants
No remote version of the course is offered; participation is in-person only at LISA
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Operates exclusively in-person at the LISA workspace in London, UK
ARENA is a programme of the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA)
Charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1211693) and a company registered in England and Wales (company number 14942848)
Support people who care about AI safety and making future development of AI go well
Aspiring AI safety researchers and engineers; open to people of all experience levels including those still in school or already graduated
5-week in-person AI safety training programme, run 2-3 iterations per year
Programme delivered in-person in London at the LISA workspace; participants must travel to London for 4-5 weeks
Programme is offered only in-person; no remote version is available
Curriculum materials are published online for free to enable independent study
Registered office: 24 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4AP, United Kingdom
Co-located at LISA with Apollo Research, BlueDot Impact and programmes including LASR Labs, MATS extension, PIBBSS, and Pivotal Research
Programme covers participants' reasonable travel expenses, visa assistance (including expedited fees), and accommodation plus meals, drinks, and snacks
Mission to provide ML engineering skills, community, and confidence for technical AI safet · Organization type: Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator — AI safety education programme · Funded by Coefficient Giving
Provide talented individuals with ML engineering skills, community, and confidence to contribute directly to technical AI safety, with the goal of reducing existential risk from advanced AI.
Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator — an AI safety education programme.
Funded by Coefficient Giving.
Based at the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) in Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom.
In-person programming bootcamps equipping participants with skills, community and confidence to contribute to technical AI safety; 2–3 bootcamps per year, each lasting 4–5 weeks.
ARENA 9.0 runs in-person at LISA from October 5 – November 6, 2026.
No stipend or allowance is provided to participants, and no remote version of the course is offered (in-person only at LISA).
Curriculum materials are published online for free, enabling independent study or use by external groups running their own AI safety courses.
Programme covers travel to/from London, visa expenses (including expedited fees), full-duration accommodation, and meals, drinks and snacks on programme days; visa assistance is also provided.
Explore AI safety with the ARENA programme, geared toward aspiring AI safety researchers and engineers.
5-week in-person AI safety training programme with 2–3 iterations per year.
Programme structured around four chapters: Neural Network Fundamentals; Transformers and Mechanistic Interpretability; Reinforcement Learning; LLM Evaluations, plus paper replications and a Capstone Project.
Prepares participants for research engineering roles at AI safety organisations such as Apollo Research, FAR and METR, and on safety teams at frontier labs such as Anthropic.
Participants are expected to attend the entire 5-week programme in person; the first week can optionally be skipped based on prior experience, but full attendance is otherwise required.
