MATS Fellow:
Brendan Halstead, Alex Kastner
Authors:
Eli Lifland, Brendan Halstead, Alex Kastner, Daniel Kokotajlo
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Abstract:
This website presents the AI Futures Model (Dec 2025 version), following up on the timelines and takeoff models we published alongside AI 2027. Predicting superhuman AI capabilities inherently requires much intuition and guesswork, but we've nonetheless found quantitative modeling to be useful.
SynthSAEBench: Evaluating Sparse Autoencoders on Scalable Realistic Synthetic Data
Authors:
David Chanin
Date:
February 16, 2026
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The MATS Program is an independent research and educational initiative connecting emerging researchers with mentors in AI alignment, governance, and security.
Each MATS cohort runs for 12 weeks in Berkeley, California, followed by an optional 6–12 month extension in London for selected scholars.