Anthropic AI Safety Fellow

Job Description

About AnthropicAnthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

Please apply by January 12, 2026Anthropic Fellows Program OverviewThe Anthropic Fellows Program is designed to accelerate AI safety research and foster research talent. We provide funding and mentorship to promising technical talent – regardless of previous experience – to research the frontier of AI safety for four months. Fellows will primarily use external infrastructure (e. g.

open-source models, public APIs) to work on an empirical project aligned with our research priorities, with the goal of producing a public output (e. g.

a paper submission). In our previous cohorts, over 80% of fellows produced papers (more below). We run multiple cohorts of Fellows each year.

This application is for our next two cohorts, starting in May and July 202What to ExpectDirect mentorship from Anthropic researchers Access to a shared workspace (in either Berkeley, California or London, UK)Connection to the broader AI safety research communityWeekly stipend of 3,850 USD / 2,310 GBP / 4,300 CAN & access to benefits (benefits vary by country)Funding for compute (~$15k/month) and other research expensesMentors, Research Areas, & Past ProjectsFellows will undergo a project selection & mentor matching process. Potential mentors amongst others include:Jan LeikeSam BowmanSara PriceAlex TamkinNina PanicksseryTrenton BrickenLogan GrahamJascha Sohl-DicksteinNicholas CarliniJoe BentonCollin BurnsFabien RogerSamuel MarksKyle FishNina RimskyEthan PerezOur mentors will lead projects in select AI safety research areas, such as:Scalable Oversight: Developing techniques to keep highly capable models helpful and honest, even as they surpass human-level intelligence in various domains.

Adversarial Robustness and AI Control: Creating methods to ensure advanced AI systems remain safe and harmless in unfamiliar or adversarial scenarios. Model Organisms: Creating model organisms of misalignment to improve our empirical understanding of how alignment failures might arise.

Model Internals / Mechanistic Interpretability: Advancing our understanding of the internal workings of large language models to enable more targeted interventions and safety measures. AI Welfare: Improving our understanding of potential AI welfare and developing related evaluations and mitigations. On our Alignment Science and Frontier Red Team blogs, you can read about past projects, including:AI agents find $

6M in blockchain smart contract exploits: Winnie Xiao and Cole Killian, mentored by Nicholas Carlini and Alwin PengSubliminal Learning: Language Models Transmit Behavioral Traits via Hidden Signals in Data: Alex Cloud and Minh Le, et al. , mentors including Samuel Marks and Owain EvansOpen-source circuits: Michael Hanna and Mateusz Piotrowski with mentorship from Emmanuel Ameisen and Jack LindseyFor a full list of representative projects for each area, please see these blog posts: Introducing the Anthropic Fellows Program for AI Safety Research, Recommendations for Technical AI Safety Research Directions. You may be a good fit if youAre motivated by reducing catastrophic risks from advanced AI systemsAre excited to transition into full-time empirical AI safety research and would be interested in a full-time role at AnthropicPlease note: We do not guarantee that we will make any full-time offers to fellows.

However, strong performance during the program may indicate that a Fellow would be a good fit here at Anthropic. In previous cohorts, over 40% of fellows received a full-time offer, and we’ve supported many more to go on to do great work on safety at other organizations. Have a strong technical background in computer science, mathematics, physics, cybersecurity, or related fieldsThrive in fast-paced, collaborative environmentsCan implement ideas quickly and communicate clearlyStrong candidates may also have:Experience with empirical ML research projectsExperience working with Large Language ModelsExperience in one of the research areas mentioned aboveExperience with deep learning frameworks and experiment managementTrack record of open-source contributionsCandidates must be:Fluent in Python programmingAvailable to work full-time on the Fellows program for 4 monthsWe encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification.

Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you’re interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we’re building have enormous social and ethical implications.

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