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 85 of 92
- CVPR 2023Primitive Generation and Semantic-Related Alignment for Universal Zero-Shot Segmentation
- CVPR 2023PRISE: Demystifying Deep Lucas-Kanade With Strongly Star-Convex Constraints for Multimodel Image Alignment
- CVPR 2023Progressive Spatio-Temporal Alignment for Efficient Event-Based Motion Estimation
- CVPR 2023Re-Basin via Implicit Sinkhorn Differentiation
- CVPR 2023Recognizing Rigid Patterns of Unlabeled Point Clouds by Complete and Continuous Isometry Invariants With No False Negatives and No False Positives
- CVPR 2023Reliable and Interpretable Personalized Federated Learning
- CVPR 2023Rethinking Domain Generalization for Face Anti-Spoofing: Separability and Alignment
- CVPR 2023Revisiting Rolling Shutter Bundle Adjustment: Toward Accurate and Fast Solution
- CVPR 2023Revisiting Rotation Averaging: Uncertainties and Robust Losses
- CVPR 2023RiDDLE: Reversible and Diversified De-Identification With Latent Encryptor
- CVPR 2023SAP-DETR: Bridging the Gap Between Salient Points and Queries-Based Transformer Detector for Fast Model Convergency
- CVPR 2023Scalable, Detailed and Mask-Free Universal Photometric Stereo
- CVPR 2023SceneTrilogy: On Human Scene-Sketch and Its Complementarity With Photo and Text
- CVPR 2023SCOOP: Self-Supervised Correspondence and Optimization-Based Scene Flow
- CVPR 2023Self-Correctable and Adaptable Inference for Generalizable Human Pose Estimation
- CVPR 2023ShapeClipper: Scalable 3D Shape Learning From Single-View Images via Geometric and CLIP-Based Consistency
- CVPR 2023SLACK: Stable Learning of Augmentations With Cold-Start and KL Regularization
- CVPR 2023StyleSync: High-Fidelity Generalized and Personalized Lip Sync in Style-Based Generator
- CVPR 2023SunStage: Portrait Reconstruction and Relighting Using the Sun as a Light Stage
- CVPR 2023Teacher-Generated Spatial-Attention Labels Boost Robustness and Accuracy of Contrastive Models
- CVPR 2023Towards Better Gradient Consistency for Neural Signed Distance Functions via Level Set Alignment
- CVPR 2023Towards Building Self-Aware Object Detectors via Reliable Uncertainty Quantification and Calibration
- CVPR 2023Tracking Through Containers and Occluders in the Wild
- CVPR 2023Uncovering the Missing Pattern: Unified Framework Towards Trajectory Imputation and Prediction
- CVPR 2023Understanding and Improving Visual Prompting: A Label-Mapping Perspective
- CVPR 2023Unifying Short and Long-Term Tracking With Graph Hierarchies
- CVPR 2023Unsupervised Contour Tracking of Live Cells by Mechanical and Cycle Consistency Losses
- CVPR 2023Unsupervised Visible-Infrared Person Re-Identification via Progressive Graph Matching and Alternate Learning
- CVPR 2023VecFontSDF: Learning To Reconstruct and Synthesize High-Quality Vector Fonts via Signed Distance Functions
- CVPR 2023Video Dehazing via a Multi-Range Temporal Alignment Network With Physical Prior
- CVPR 2023Visual DNA: Representing and Comparing Images Using Distributions of Neuron Activations
- CVPR 2023WINNER: Weakly-Supervised hIerarchical decompositioN and aligNment for Spatio-tEmporal Video gRounding
- ICLR 2023$\Lambda$-DARTS: Mitigating Performance Collapse by Harmonizing Operation Selection among Cells
- ICLR 2023A Differential Geometric View and Explainability of GNN on Evolving Graphs
- ICLR 2023A GNN-Guided Predict-and-Search Framework for Mixed-Integer Linear Programming
- ICLR 2023A Holistic View of Label Noise Transition Matrix in Deep Learning and Beyond
- ICLR 2023A Message Passing Perspective on Learning Dynamics of Contrastive Learning
- ICLR 2023Aligning Model and Macaque Inferior Temporal Cortex Representations Improves Model-to-Human Behavioral Alignment and Adversarial Robustness
- ICLR 2023Almost Linear Constant-Factor Sketching for $\ell_1$ and Logistic Regression
- ICLR 2023Approximation and non-parametric estimation of functions over high-dimensional spheres via deep ReLU networks
- ICLR 2023Arbitrary Virtual Try-on Network: Characteristics Representation and Trade-off between Body and Clothing
- ICLR 2023Auto-Encoding Goodness of Fit
- ICLR 2023BAYES RISK CTC: CONTROLLABLE CTC ALIGNMENT IN SEQUENCE-TO-SEQUENCE TASKS
- ICLR 2023BEEF: Bi-Compatible Class-Incremental Learning via Energy-Based Expansion and Fusion
- ICLR 2023Beyond Lipschitz: Sharp Generalization and Excess Risk Bounds for Full-Batch GD
- ICLR 2023Capturing the Motion of Every Joint: 3D Human Pose and Shape Estimation with Independent Tokens
- ICLR 2023Chasing All-Round Graph Representation Robustness: Model, Training, and Optimization
- ICLR 2023Compressing multidimensional weather and climate data into neural networks
- ICLR 2023ContraNorm: A Contrastive Learning Perspective on Oversmoothing and Beyond
- ICLR 2023DASHA: Distributed Nonconvex Optimization with Communication Compression and Optimal Oracle Complexity
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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.