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Fund for Alignment Research — Language Model Misalignment (2022)

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  • Focus Area: Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  • Organization Name: Fund for Alignment Research
  • Amount: $463,693

  • Award Date: August 2022

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    Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $463,693 over 18 months to the Fund for Alignment Research to support research projects, led by Ethan Perez, related to misalignment in language models.

    This follows our October 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.

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