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Anthropic Fellows Program, AI Safety

Anthropic · San Francisco Bay Area · 3 wk ago
RemoteRemoteManagement$15k/moFull-time

About the role

The Anthropic Fellows Program is designed to foster AI research and engineering talent. We provide funding and mentorship to promising technical talent - regardless of previous experience.

Responsibilities

  • Work on an empirical project aligned with our research priorities, using external infrastructure (e.g. open-source models, public APIs).
  • Direct mentorship from Anthropic researchers.
  • Access to a shared workspace (in either Berkeley, California or London, UK).
  • Connection to the broader AI safety and security research community.
  • Weekly stipend of 3,850 USD / 2,310 GBP / 4,300 CAD + benefits (these vary by country).
  • Funding for compute (~$15k/month) and other research expenses.

Requirements

  • Motivated by making sure AI is safe and beneficial for society as a whole.
  • Excited to transition into empirical AI research and would be interested in a full-time role at Anthropic.
  • A strong technical background in computer science, mathematics, or physics.
  • Fluent in Python programming.
  • Available to work full-time on the Fellows program.

Qualifications

  • Are motivated by reducing catastrophic risks from advanced AI systems.
  • Have experience with empirical ML research projects.
  • Have experience working with large language models.
  • Have experience in one of the research areas mentioned above.
  • Have a track record of open-source contributions.

Skills

  • Strong background in a discipline relevant to a specific Fellows workstream (e.g. economics, social sciences, or cybersecurity).

Benefits

  • Weekly stipend of 3,850 USD / 2,310 GBP / 4,300 CAD + benefits (these vary by country).
  • Funding for compute (~$15k/month) and other research expenses.

Pay

  • Expected base stipend for this role is 3,850 USD / 2,310 GBP / 4,300 CAD per week, with an expectation of 40 hours per week for 4 months (with possible extension).

Schedule

  • The program runs for 4 months, full-time. If you can't commit to the full duration, please still apply and note your constraints in the application. We review these requests on a case-by-case basis.

Fellows workstreams

  • AI Safety Fellows
  • AI Security Fellows
  • ML Systems & Performance Fellows
  • Reinforcement Learning Fellows
  • Economics & Societal Impacts Fellows

Unique candidate criteria

  • You might be a particularly great fit for this workstream if you:
  • Are motivated by reducing catastrophic risks from advanced AI systems.
  • Have experience with empirical ML research projects.
  • Have experience working with large language models.
  • Have experience in one of the research areas mentioned above.
  • Have a track record of open-source contributions.

Logistics

  • Logistics Requirements: To participate in the Fellows program, you must have work authorization in the US, UK, or Canada and be located in that country during the program.
  • Workspace Locations: We have designated shared workspaces in London and Berkeley where fellows will work from and mentors will visit. We are also open to remote fellows in the UK, US, or Canada. We will ask you about your availability to work from Berkeley or London (full- or part-time) during the program.
  • Visa Sponsorship: We are not currently able to sponsor visas for fellows. To participate in the Fellows program, you need to have or independently obtain full-time work authorization in the UK, the US, or Canada.
  • Program Duration: The program runs for 4 months, full-time. If you can't commit to the full duration, please still apply and note your constraints in the application. We review these requests on a case-by-case basis.

How we're different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.

Come work with us!

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.

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