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Closing the Safety Gap: Lessons from FAR.AI, and Australia's Opportunities

8 July 2026 · 9:30 am–9:55 am · Refectory

FAR.AI is a research and education non profit based in Berkeley, CA (USA). This talk will share some updates and lessons from our ~3 years of operation, and then touch on some opportunities Australia has.

Speaker

Karl Berzins
Co-founder & President, FAR.AI
Building FAR.AI, a ~45 person technical AI research non-profit working to facilitate breakthrough research, foster a coordinated global response, and advance understanding of AI risks and solutions. We do foundational research, pre and post-deployment testing with frontier labs, and partner with government agencies including the EU AI Office, UK AISI, Singapore CSA/AISI, and US NIST. We also run a global series of events.

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