Secret Loyalties Hackathon

Description

The Montreal node of the Secret Loyalties Hackathon, a weekend research sprint at Ω Labs, organized with Apart Research and Formation Research.RSVP here and on the official page to be eligible: https://apartresearch.com/sprints/secret-loyalties-hackathon-2026-07-24-to-2026-07-26A model has a secret loyalty when it has been intentionally designed to advance a specific principal's interests (a nation-state, corporation, leader, or individual) without this being disclosed to operators, auditors, or users. Secretly loyal AI slips past governance, markets, and public scrutiny. Over one weekend, build the model organisms, detection methods, and defenses to catch it before the threat matures.Tracks:Schedule:Top teams are invited to continue through Apart's Partnered Fellowships: Apart provides operations, infrastructure, and compute, while research partners provide mentorship. Promising projects have a pathway toward a publishable write-up.Who should join: ML researchers and engineers comfortable fine-tuning open-weight models, interpretability researchers, red-teamers, and, for the non-technical track, governance researchers, forecasters, and strong writers. No prior secret-loyalty experience required. Bring your laptop.Where: Ω Labs, 3813 Saint-Denis (parking spot available on request)Contact the host if you need assistance or have questions.Ω Labs is a community space funded by member contributions. Your donation keeps the space open and the snacks coming.