[Hiring] Research Intern- AI Ethics @Sony

Role Description

We are seeking a motivated Research Intern to join our interdisciplinary team at the forefront of AI Ethics, Safety, and Responsible AI for a 3-month research internship. You will work on open research questions in generative AI, including:

• Data collection
• Guardrails
• Evaluation
• Benchmarking

This is an opportunity to conduct meaningful, publishable research in collaboration with experienced researchers and engineers across a globally diverse team. We actively support interns in co-authoring papers and submitting to top-tier venues, making this an ideal opportunity to advance your doctoral research while contributing to real-world impact.

Responsibilities

• Conduct innovative research in AI ethics, including but not limited to data collection, AI evaluation, and harm mitigation.
• Contribute to the development of tools and frameworks to assess and mitigate AI-related risks in natural language processing and computer vision, such as bias, privacy, copyright, and transparency.
• Improve the performance of open models to detect and mitigate AI harms.
• Set up technical experiments to conduct evaluations of open models.
• Contribute to research with the potential for publication.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a degree (PhD preferred) in Computer Science or socio-technical AI topics.
• Strong foundations in AI and machine learning techniques in computer vision or natural language processing.
• Familiarity with generative AI evaluation, benchmarking, red-teaming, or guardrail development.
• Experience using Python and deep learning libraries (e.g., PyTorch, HuggingFace Transformers) to develop, fine-tune, or evaluate generative AI models.
• Strong interest in AI ethics and responsible AI development.
• Proven research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated and capable of proposing and implementing innovative ideas.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Preferred

• Experience with research communities, including having published papers at conferences/journals.

Location

USA (remote)

Start Date

15 June 2026 or as agreed

Duration

3 months

Apply By

30 April 2026

Compensation

The target hourly rate for this internship is $50.00 per hour. The individual will be paid hourly and eligible for overtime.