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The AI Alignment Podcast

by James Bowler

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Physics YouTuber Shifts to AI Alignment

October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

In this episode, James is joined by Mithuna Yoganathan, founder of the Looking Glass Universe YouTube channel and PhD in applied math and theoretical physics from Cambridge University, to discuss how to effectively communicate AI risk to a…
We Watched AI Agents Make Their Own Language

September 14, 2026 · 52 min

James Bowler, Head of Research Partnerships at AE Studio, is joined by two guests to explore emergent communication in multi-agent AI systems: what happens when agents under pressure develop communication protocols no human designed and…
Is Aligned AI Better For Business?

August 21, 2026 · 57 min

In this episode, James Bowler is joined by Melanie Plaza, Chief Technology Officer at AE Studio, to explore the commercial case for AI alignment, arguing that the techniques researchers care about most are the same ones that make…
Why Alignment Should Start in Pre-Training

July 29, 2026 · 38 min

In this episode, James Bowler, Head of Research Partnerships at AE Studio, is joined by Erick Martinez, Alignment Researcher at AE Studio, to explore why pre-training is a largely neglected frontier in alignment research, and what it…
Building AI That Can Forget On Command

July 9, 2026 · 54 min

This episode is a deep dive into a post on Anthropic's research blog: https://www.anthropic.com/research/off-switch-dual-use In this episode, James is joined by Ethan Roland, lead author of AE Studio's Gradient Routing paper, to explore a…

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Switching Careers Into AI Alignment

July 8, 2026 · 40 min

In this episode, James is joined by AE Studio Research Manager Pedro Ávila to discuss transitioning into a career in AI alignment, after Pedro left a 12-year career at Google to work on the problem full time. It’s a practical conversation…
What is AI Alignment, and Why Should You Care? (Part II)

May 15, 2026 · 51 min

In this episode, James is joined again by Mike Vaiana, R&D Director at AE Studio, for part two of their conversation on AI alignment. Where part one motivated why alignment matters, this episode goes a layer deeper into what alignment…
Claude Mythos - Superintelligence or Hype?

May 4, 2026 · 38 min

In this episode, James is joined by Stijn Servaes, Lead Research Manager at AE Studio, to break down Anthropic's recently released Claude Mythos preview model and separate genuine signal from hype. This is for listeners who want to…
What is AI Alignment, and Why Should You Care? (Part I)

April 21, 2026 · 41 min

In this episode, James is joined by Mike Vaiana, R&D Director at AE Studio, to lay the groundwork for understanding what AI alignment is and why it matters. This is Part I of a two-part conversation aimed at listeners who want to…
AI Alignment for National Security

April 11, 2026 · 51 min

In this episode, James is joined by Adriana Calejo, AE Studio's Director of Government and Strategic Partnerships, to explore the deep and often overlooked overlap between AI alignment and national security. Adriana shares her career…
The Model Explains Itself: Turning Activations Into Words

April 2, 2026 · 48 min

In this episode, AE Studio Research Director Mike Vaiana is joined by Research Scientist Keenan Pepper, to explore a new approach to model self-interpretation - teaching language models to explain their own internal activations. They dive…
Do AI Models Know When They're Being Manipulated?

March 25, 2026 · 45 min

In this episode, James is joined by AE alignment researcher Alex to discuss endogenous steering resistance (ESR), a newly studied phenomenon where large language models appear to notice when they’ve been pushed off track and then steer…

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About the show

The AI Alignment Podcast by AE Studio explores the ideas, research, and people working to make advanced AI systems more interpretable, and more aligned. Hosted by James Bowler, the show features conversations with researchers, engineers, and technical leaders at AE Studio and beyond on topics including mechanistic interpretability, model psychology, and approaches to AI alignment. Each episode aims to make cutting-edge alignment research more accessible without losing the technical substance, giving listeners a front-row seat to the questions shaping the future of AI.