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  • Focus Area: Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  • Organization Name: Redwood Research
  • Amount: $9,420,000

  • Award Date: November 2021

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    Open Philanthropy recommended four grants totaling $9,420,000 to Redwood Research for general support. Redwood Research is a new research institution that conducts research to better understand and make progress on AI alignment in order to improve the long-run future.

    This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.

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