# Rice AI Alignment (RAIA)

> Rice AI Alignment (RAIA) is a student community at Rice University in Houston, Texas working to reduce risks from advanced AI through technical research, policy, and education. RAIA runs fellowships, a beginner-friendly crash course, in-house research, and public events, and is part of the wider AI safety field.

Site: https://riceaialignment.com/ · Contact: riceaialignment@gmail.com · Based at Rice University, Houston, TX.

## Core pages

- [Home](https://riceaialignment.com/): Overview of RAIA — mission, programs, research, events, and how to get involved.
- [Our Mission](https://riceaialignment.com/mission.html): Why RAIA exists — the race toward smarter-than-human AI, the unsolved alignment problem, and what it will take for advanced AI to go well.
- [Team](https://riceaialignment.com/team.html): The students and organizers who run RAIA.

## Programs

- [AI Safety Crash Course](https://riceaialignment.com/crash-course.html): A beginner-friendly introduction to AI safety; no prior background required.
- [Technical Fellowship](https://riceaialignment.com/technical-fellowship.html): A guided program in the technical foundations of AI alignment research.
- [Policy Fellowship](https://riceaialignment.com/policy-fellowship.html): A program on AI governance and policy.
- [RAIA Labs](https://riceaialignment.com/raia-labs.html): Hands-on project teams building and researching AI safety.
- [In-House Research](https://riceaialignment.com/in-house-research.html): RAIA's own AI safety research efforts.
- [AI × Biosecurity](https://riceaialignment.com/aixbio.html): Cross-university pilot program on AI and biosecurity: weekly sessions, speaker series, and one shared research project each campus owns a piece of. Interest form open to organizers and students at any university.

## Community & resources

- [Events / GBMs](https://riceaialignment.com/gbms.html): Upcoming general body meetings and events.
- [Resources](https://riceaialignment.com/resources.html): Curated readings and links for learning about AI safety.
- [Corporate Sponsorship](https://riceaialignment.com/sponsors.html): Gold, Silver, and Bronze sponsorship tiers for organizations supporting RAIA.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rice-ai-alignment/

## Leadership

- President: Blake Brown
- Secretary: Vinati Pillutla
- Chief Scientist: Anmol Dubey

## Core Focus

- Collaborating with universities and companies like Google, Amazon, and Center for AI Safety on developing safe AI approaches
- Works with Texas Supreme Court on an upcoming advisory board
- Largest AI Safety organization in Texas
- Funded by Kairos
- Cross-university biosecurity hub