CAMBRIA

CAMBRIA (Cambridge Bootcamp for Research in Interpretability and Alignment) is a 3-week ML upskilling bootcamp for AI safety, focusing on interpretability and RL, based on the ARENA curriculum and run by the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative.

Prerequisites are familiarity with Python and comfort with multivariable calculus (e.g., chain rule) and linear algebra (e.g., eigenvalues, SVD). For a more detailed list of helpful prior knowledge, see here.

Applications for Summer 2026 are open!

Apply to our three CAMBRIA cohorts this summer:

  • May 18 - June 5 (Harvard Square)

  • July 6-24 (Manhattan, hosted by Collider)

  • August 10-28 (Harvard Square)

Apply to be a participant!
Apply to be a TA!
Refer a candidate!


What we provide

 

Housing and meals

24/7 office access in Harvard Square

Dedicated teaching assistants

Travel support

 

Email alex@cbai.ai with questions or comments.

Expression of Interest for Future Cohorts
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Testimonials

  • “Beyond the technical skills, I honestly just had a blast getting to know everyone. The daily pair programming sessions were a highlight and I am honestly just glad to know that a group of people this smart and driven are dedicating their lives to solving problems that really matter. A huge thank you to Alex and the organizers at CBAI for hosting me, throwing such a great program but most importantly for teaching me einsum, the most glorious thing that has ever graced humanity.”

    - Sam Deegan

  • “I feel deeply grateful. I had other experiences with AI Safety programs before and this was definitely one of the best. I could see all the hard work that was put into this and really appreciated the work of TAs and of Alex as organizer. I could really see that they cared and that they were both very professional, genuine and warm. Thank you and keep it going!!”

    - Anonymous

  • “I was one of the few international participants and felt very grateful to meet such wonderful people. I’ve really enjoyed our pair-programming sessions and I hope to see you guys again very soon!”

    - Andrés Cotton

  • “Valuable learning experience with unparalleled level of focus here, coming out of CAMBRIA have made me much sharper and stronger in technical sense then before entering.”

    - Anonymous

  • “thank you so much to [Alex] and CBAI for organizing this program!! It was incredibly helpful to have an in person program for me, and it was also really nice to make new friends of my age working on similarly hard things. Super fun :) extremely grateful.”

    - Anonymous