An archived Open Philanthropy grant table obtained by Effort shows the organization, now rebranded Coefficient Giving, ran a "placement" strategy putting hand-picked staff into US and UK government of…
An X thread from self-described independent researcher Kevin Bass has questioned METR's independence, alleging that Anthropic investor Dustin Moskovitz holds Anthropic stock through Good Ventures and …
David Sacks, former White House AI and crypto adviser, warned that Effective Altruism networks have funneled over $1 billion into AI-risk advocacy, and that Anthropic's potential IPO, with private val…
Amy Kremer, chairwoman of Humans First and a Tea Party founder, launched the 'Data Center Revolt' bus tour on Sept. 12 in Austin, Texas, to oppose AI data center expansion, citing local opposition suc…
A new digest of AI safety funders reveals that Open Philanthropy remains the largest donor in the space, with grantmaking sourced primarily through its own research rather than open applications. The …
ALTER Israel's 2026 mid-year update reports that its AI policy work, focused on standards and evaluations, is tentatively funded through 2028 via cG and SFF Speculation matching grants, with plans to …
Neuronpedia, an open-source platform for AI interpretability, launched the world's first interpretability API in March 2024, enabling users to visualize, steer, and search over 50 million latents in A…
Ajeya Cotra announced her departure from Open Philanthropy after nearly nine years, describing a decade-long pattern of grand visions followed by disillusionment and self-criticism. Despite feeling sh…
Three of the most exciting projects to come out of EA in recent years—Kairos, NEST, and BlueDot—are spinouts from the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), suggesting that small independent teams may b…