We occasionally publish blog posts to explain our general philosophy on giving, reflect on our progress thus far, announce our plans for the future, and more.
Blog Posts
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Date
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Focus Area
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Author(s)
June 10, 2019
Title
Explaining Our Bet on Sherlock Biosciences’ Innovations in Viral Diagnostics
Date
June 2019
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
Heather Youngs and Chris Somerville
July 09, 2019
Title
GiveWell’s Top Charities Are (Increasingly) Hard to Beat
Date
July 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
Alexander Berger
August 06, 2019
Title
Questions We Ask Ourselves Before Making a Grant
Date
August 2019
Focus Area
Author
Michael Levine
August 12, 2019
Title
Will Companies Make Good on Cage-Free Pledges?
Date
August 2019
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Author
Lewis Bollard
October 10, 2019
Title
How Feasible Is Long-range Forecasting?
Date
October 2019
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
November 07, 2019
December 06, 2019
Title
2019 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
Date
December 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 18, 2019
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2019
Date
December 2019
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
March 17, 2020
Title
Forecasting the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date
March 2020
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
May 01, 2020
May 08, 2020
Title
New Staff in Communications, Grants, Operations, Programs, and Research (2020)
Date
May 2020
Focus Area
Author
Michael Levine
June 15, 2020
August 12, 2020
Title
How to Lower the Price of Plant-Based Meat
Date
August 2020
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Author
Lewis Bollard
September 08, 2020
Title
New Report on How Much Computational Power It Takes to Match the Human Brain
Date
September 2020
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Joseph Carlsmith
November 23, 2020
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2020
Date
November 2020
Focus Area
Author
Holden Karnofsky
December 08, 2020
Title
Our AI Governance Grantmaking So Far
Date
December 2020
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
December 11, 2020
Title
2020 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
Date
December 2020
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
Holden Karnofsky
January 05, 2021
March 25, 2021
Title
Report on Semi-Informative Priors
Date
March 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Tom Davidson
April 23, 2021
June 03, 2021
Title
New Staff in Operations, Programs, and Research (2021)
Date
June 2021
Focus Area
Author
Gabriela Romero
June 15, 2021
June 17, 2021
Title
Report on Whether AI Could Drive Explosive Economic Growth
Date
June 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Tom Davidson
June 29, 2021
Title
New Roles in Global Health and Wellbeing
Date
June 2021
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
Otis Reid
November 16, 2021