Alignment and Safety papers, 2023–2026
RLHF, preference optimization, red-teaming, and safety alignment
Scope: NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR, 2023–2026. 4,558 papers are tagged with this topic.
Key findings
- Alignment and Safety went from 438 papers in 2023 to 1,882 in 2026, roughly 4.3x in three years.
- NeurIPS publishes the most Alignment and Safety work: 1,421 papers from 2023 to 2026, 31% of the four-venue total.
- The fastest-growing overlap is with Social aspects · safety: papers tagged with both rose from 0 in 2023 to 137 in 2026.
- Among the 5 topics under Alignment and Responsible AI, it ranks #1 by 2026 paper count; the fastest grower in the group, Social aspects · safety, is up 93x versus 4.3x here.
Papers per venue
Counts by year and venue
| Year | NeurIPS | ICLR | ICML | CVPR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 138 | 87 | 101 | 112 | 438 |
| 2024 | 348 | 156 | 246 | 125 | 875 |
| 2025 | 455 | 473 | 300 | 135 | 1,363 |
| 2026 | 480 | 623 | 551 | 228 | 1,882 |
Representative papers
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- NeurIPS 2026$\gamma$-weakly $\theta$-up-concavity: A Unified Framework for Non-Convex Optimization Beyond DR-Submodular and OSS Functions
- ICML 2026AICrypto: Evaluating Cryptography Capabilities of Large Language Models
- ICLR 2026A Fair Bayesian Inference through Matched Gibbs Posterior
- CVPR 2026Advancing Cancer Prognosis with Hierarchical Fusion of Genomic Proteomic and
- NeurIPS 2025$\Psi$-Sampler: Initial Particle Sampling for SMC-Based Inference-Time Reward Alignment in Score Models
- ICML 2025A Checks-and-Balances Framework for Context-Aware Ethical AI Alignment
- ICLR 2025$\sigma$-zero: Gradient-based Optimization of $\ell_0$-norm Adversarial Examples
- CVPR 2025AesthetiQ: Enhancing Graphic Layout Design via Aesthetic-Aware Preference Alignment of Multi-modal Large Language Models
- NeurIPS 2024A survey and benchmark of high-dimensional Bayesian optimization of discrete sequences
- ICML 2024A Global Geometric Analysis of Maximal Coding Rate Reduction
- ICLR 2024A unique M-pattern for micro-expression spotting in long videos
- CVPR 2024Decompose-and-Compose: A Compositional Approach to Mitigating Spurious Correlation
- NeurIPS 2023(S)GD over Diagonal Linear Networks: Implicit bias, Large Stepsizes and Edge of Stability
- ICML 2023A Robust Optimisation Perspective on Counterexample-Guided Repair of Neural Networks
- ICLR 2023Aligning Model and Macaque Inferior Temporal Cortex Representations Improves Model-to-Human Behavioral Alignment and Adversarial Robustness
- CVPR 2023Adjustment and Alignment for Unbiased Open Set Domain Adaptation
- NeurIPS 2026$\mathcal{P}$Torch: Narrowing the Gap Between Projection and Gradient-Based Learning
- ICML 2026Alignment Pretraining: AI Discourse Causes Self-Fulfilling (Mis)alignment
- ICLR 2026A2D: Any-Order, Any-Step Safety Alignment for Diffusion Language Models
- CVPR 2026AlignPose Generalizable 6D Pose Estimation via Multi-view Feature-metric Alignment
All Alignment and Safety papers
4,558 papers, page 2 of 92
- CVPR 2026DreamingComics A Story Visualization Pipeline via Subject and Layout Customized
- CVPR 2026Dual Band Thermal Videography Separating Time-Varying Reflection and Emission Near
- CVPR 2026Duala Dual-Level Alignment of Subjects and Stimuli for Cross-Subject fMRI
- CVPR 2026DualReg Dual-Space Filtering and Reinforcement for Rigid Registration
- CVPR 2026Dynamics-Aware Preference Optimization for Vision-Language Models
- CVPR 2026DynamicsBoost Dynamic Plausible Video Generation via Annotation-Free Continuation Preference Optimization
- CVPR 2026Easy2Hard From Partially to Fully Unmatched Modalities as Negative Samples
- CVPR 2026EReCu Pseudo-label Evolution Fusion and Refinement with Multi-Cue Learning for
- CVPR 2026Evolving Contextual Safety in Multi-Modal Large Language Models via Inference-Time
- CVPR 2026Expand and Prune Maximizing Trajectory Diversity for Effective GRPO in
- CVPR 2026ExPose Reinforcing Video Generation Models for Extreme Pose Estimation
- CVPR 2026F2HDR Two-Stage HDR Video Reconstruction via Flow Adapter and Physical
- CVPR 2026FEAT Fashion Editing and Try-On from Any Design
- CVPR 2026FedAFD Multimodal Federated Learning via Adversarial Fusion and Distillation
- CVPR 2026FedAlign Differentially Private Distribution Alignment for Non-IID Federated Learning
- CVPR 2026FedARA Resource-adaptive Low-rank Personalized Federated Learning via Anchor-driven Representation Alignment
- CVPR 2026FedMOP Achieving Enhanced Privacy and Performance in Federated Learning via
- CVPR 2026FHAvatar Fast and High-Fidelity Reconstruction of Face-and-Hair Composable 3D Head
- CVPR 2026FiDeSR High-Fidelity and Detail-Preserving One-Step Diffusion Super-Resolution
- CVPR 2026Fine-Grained GRPO for Precise Preference Alignment in Flow Models
- CVPR 2026FINER MLLMs Hallucinate under Fine-grained Negative Queries
- CVPR 2026FinPercep-RM A Fine-grained Reward Model and Co-evolutionary Curriculum for RL-based
- CVPR 2026Fixed Anchors Are Not Enough Dynamic Retrieval and Persistent Homology
- CVPR 2026FlashCap Millisecond-Accurate Human Motion Capture via Flashing LEDs and Event-Based
- CVPR 2026FORCE Transferable Visual Jailbreaking Attacks via Feature Over-Reliance CorrEction
- CVPR 2026Fourier Angle Alignment for Oriented Object Detection in Remote Sensing
- CVPR 2026From Feature Learning to Spectral Basis Learning A Unifying and
- CVPR 2026FUSER Feed-Forward Multiview 3D Registration Transformer and SE3N Diffusion Refinement
- CVPR 2026Fusion in Your Way Aligning Image Fusion with Heterogeneous Demands
- CVPR 2026FusionRegister Every Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Deserves Registration
- CVPR 2026GDFA Geometry-Driven Federated Unlearning with Directional Task Vector Alignment
- CVPR 2026GDPO-SR Group Direct Preference Optimization for One-Step Generative Image Super-Resolution
- CVPR 2026GenBreak Red Teaming Text-to-Image Generation Using Large Language Models
- CVPR 2026GenHOI Towards Object-Consistent Hand-Object Interaction with Temporally Balanced and Spatially
- CVPR 2026GlyphPrinter Region-Grouped Direct Preference Optimization for Glyph-Accurate Visual Text Rendering
- CVPR 2026Gravitation-Driven Semantic Alignment for Text Video Retrieval
- CVPR 2026Harmonious Parameter Adaptation in Continual Visual Instruction Tuning for Safety-Aligned
- CVPR 2026HCL-FF Hierarchical and Contrastive Learning for Forward-Forward Algorithm
- CVPR 2026Hear What You See Video-to-Audio Generation with Diffusion Transformer and
- CVPR 2026HFedATM Hierarchical Federated Domain Generalization via Optimal Transport and Regularized
- CVPR 2026Hidden Dangers of Compositional Generation Diagnosing Semantic Safety Failures in
- CVPR 2026Hidden Monotonicity Explaining Deep Neural Networks via their DC Decomposition
- CVPR 2026Hyperbolic Gramian Volumes for Multimodal Alignment
- CVPR 2026InfiniDepth Arbitrary-Resolution and Fine-Grained Depth Estimation with Neural Implicit Fields
- CVPR 2026Intervention-Aware Multiscale Representation Learning from Imaging Phenomics and Perturbation Transcriptomics
- CVPR 2026IntroSVG Learning from Rendering Feedback for Text-to-SVG Generation via an
- CVPR 2026It Takes Two A Duet of Periodicity and Directionality for
- CVPR 2026JRM Joint Reconstruction Model for Multiple Objects without Alignment
- CVPR 2026KASALv2 Fully Automatic 3D Rotational Symmetry Classification and Axis Localization
- CVPR 2026KnowVal A Knowledge-Augmented and Value-Guided Autonomous Driving System
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FAQ
- How many Alignment and Safety papers were published at NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML and CVPR from 2023 to 2026?
- 4,558 in total: 438 in 2023, 875 in 2024, 1,363 in 2025, 1,882 in 2026.
- How many Alignment and Safety papers are at NeurIPS 2026?
- NeurIPS 2026 has 480 Alignment and Safety papers, versus 455 the year before.
- How many Alignment and Safety papers are at ICLR 2026?
- ICLR 2026 has 623 Alignment and Safety papers, versus 473 the year before.
- How many Alignment and Safety papers are at ICML 2026?
- ICML 2026 has 551 Alignment and Safety papers, versus 300 the year before.
- How many Alignment and Safety papers are at CVPR 2026?
- CVPR 2026 has 228 Alignment and Safety papers, versus 135 the year before.
- Which conference publishes the most Alignment and Safety papers?
- NeurIPS, with 1,421 papers from 2023 to 2026.