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MATS

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MATS

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MATS is a recurring organization in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 6 times across 6 issues between November 06, 2023 and March 23, 2026. The archive places it in contexts such as “MATS (formerly SERI-MATS), a training program for AI alignment research”; “alignment training/scholarship programs like MATS”; “MATS, the AI safety fellowship I advertised last week”. It most often appears alongside ACX, Astralcodexten, Astralcodexten Com.

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  • Category: Organizations
  • Mention count: 6
  • Issue count: 6
  • First seen: November 06, 2023
  • Last seen: March 23, 2026

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Open Thread 301
November 06, 2023 · Original source
1: MATS (formerly SERI-MATS), a training program for AI alignment research, will be hosting its next cohort from January 17 to March 8 (you would have to be in Berkeley during this period). They “provide talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the field of AI safety”. Application deadline November 10 or 17 depending on exactly what you’re applying for. See more info here, FAQ here, and application form here.
Inline links: more info here, FAQ here, application form here
God Help Us, Let's Try To Understand AI Monosemanticity
November 27, 2023 · Original source
In the unlikely scenario where all of this makes total sense and you feel like you’re ready to make contributions, you might be a good candidate for Anthropic or OpenAI’s alignment teams, both of which are hiring. If you feel like it’s the sort of thing which could make sense and you want to transition into learning more about it, you might be a good candidate for alignment training/scholarship programs like MATS.
Inline links: MATS
Open Thread 376
April 07, 2025 · Original source
5: And MATS, the AI safety fellowship I advertised last week, wants me to add that they also have some job openings in the Bay Area, including for Programs Lead and Operations Direction, as well as some mid- and lower-level positions.
Inline links: job openings
Open Thread 403
October 13, 2025 · Original source
5: Advertisement: MATS (AI safety training camp) is hiring for new roles, including senior research manager, community manager, ops, compute administrator, and executive assistant. More info here.
Inline links: here
Open Thread 414
December 29, 2025 · Original source
2: MATS - a research fellowship for people who want to get into AI alignment, interpretability, security, and governance - is accepting applications for their summer cohort. 12 weeks, in person in either Berkeley or London, fully funded with $15K stipend, $12K compute budget, free room/board/travel. Apply here, they say the application will take “1 - 2 hours”, deadline January 18.
Inline links: Apply here
Open Thread 426
March 23, 2026 · Original source
…a new fellowship bringing together researchers, builders, and practitioners to work on democratic resilience with a focus on its overlap with AI safety. It is an 8-week part-time program and we have 20 projects open for applications right now; topics cover AI governance, surveillance reform, deliberative democracy, and whistleblower protection with mentors from Harvard, ETH, MATS, AI:FAR, etc. Applications close March 30th