This page contains selected news coverage about our work and that of our grantees.
In the News
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December 26, 2014
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The Washington Post: Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz: Young Silicon Valley billionaires pioneer new approach to philanthropy
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December 2014
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April 04, 2015
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The New York Times: The Trader Who Donates Half His Pay
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April 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
April 24, 2015
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Vox: You have $8 billion. You want to do as much good as possible. What do you do?
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April 2015
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June 15, 2015
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The Atlantic: The Greatest Good
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June 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
December 01, 2015
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Chronicle of Philanthropy: Wringing the Most Good Out of a Facebook Fortune
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December 2015
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December 03, 2015
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The Financial Times: The power and efficacy of effective altruism
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December 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
May 04, 2016
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Science Magazine: Grassroots Future of Research group makes it official
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May 2016
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Scientific Research
October 30, 2016
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The New York Times: Competing Views on How to Regulate Illegal Migration
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October 2016
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Immigration Policy
January 05, 2017
March 23, 2017
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The Scientist: Pathway to Polio Virulence Revealed
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March 2017
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Scientific Research
June 15, 2017
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The New York Times: New Electrical Brain Stimulation Technique Shows Promise in Mice
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June 2017
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Scientific Research
July 22, 2017
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The Economist: A promising means of pest control meets some evolutionary truths
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July 2017
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Scientific Research
August 01, 2017
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Scientific American: Disease Hunters Enlarge the Enemy to Get a Better Look
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August 2017
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Global Catastrophic Risks
August 03, 2017
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Vox: There’s no evidence that immigrants hurt any American workers
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August 2017
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Immigration Policy
September 01, 2017
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The Scientist: Scientists Look to Epigenetics to Thwart Viruses
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September 2017
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Scientific Research
December 15, 2017
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The New York Times: Scientists Are Designing Artisanal Proteins for Your Body
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December 2017
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Scientific Research
December 20, 2017
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Nature: Facebook billionaire pours funds into high-risk research
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December 2017
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Scientific Research
January 18, 2018
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Quanta Magazine: A Neurobiologist Thinks Big — and Small
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January 2018
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Scientific Research
March 15, 2018
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Bloomberg: Protein Engineering May Be the Future of Science
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March 2018
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Scientific Research
April 04, 2018
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GeekWire: Open Philanthropy Project awards $11M to protein designers for universal flu vaccine
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April 2018
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Scientific Research
May 11, 2018
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NPR: Can A Cocktail Of Vitamins And Steroids Cure A Major Killer In Hospitals?
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May 2018
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Scientific Research
May 17, 2018
May 24, 2018
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CNN: This startup wants to help the planet with meatless burgers
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May 2018
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Farm Animal Welfare
June 02, 2018
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The Economist: Can “effective altruism” maximise the bang for each charitable buck?
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June 2018
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Global Health & Development
June 07, 2018
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Scientific American: A Shot against Cancer Slated for Testing in Massive Dog Study
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June 2018
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Scientific Research
June 21, 2018
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Nature: Migrants and refugees are good for economies
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June 2018
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Immigration Policy
September 05, 2018
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STAT: For the first time, researchers will release genetically engineered mosquitoes in Africa
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September 2018
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Scientific Research
September 26, 2018
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Vox: A genetically modified organism could end malaria and save millions of lives — if we decide to use it
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September 2018
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Scientific Research
October 04, 2018
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Devex: A new US development finance agency takes flight
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October 2018
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Global Health & Development
October 15, 2018
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Vox: Future Perfect, explained
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October 2018
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Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
October 29, 2018
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Discover Magazine: Meet the Biochemist Engineering Proteins From Scratch
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October 2018
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Scientific Research
November 08, 2018
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The Economist: The promise and peril of gene drives
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November 2018
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Scientific Research
December 01, 2018
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The New York Times: Forget Trinkets. These Gifts Change Lives.
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December 2018
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Global Health & Development
December 14, 2018
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Vox: How to do good better
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December 2018
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Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
January 07, 2019
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NPR: Why This Charity Isn’t Afraid To Say It Failed
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January 2019
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Global Health & Development
January 17, 2019
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STAT: ‘Taste of the future’: New microscopy technique captures stunning images of a fly’s brain
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January 2019
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Scientific Research
January 19, 2019
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The Economist: How chicken became the rich world’s most popular meat
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January 2019
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Farm Animal Welfare
January 29, 2019
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Vox: Want to help animals? Focus on corporate decisions, not people’s plates.
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January 2019
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Farm Animal Welfare
February 19, 2019
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Nature: Faster, better, cheaper: the rise of CRISPR in disease detection
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February 2019
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Scientific Research
February 26, 2019
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Vox: GiveWell expands cost-effective giving focus to include policy interventions
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February 2019
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Global Health & Development
February 28, 2019
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The Washington Post: Georgetown launches think tank on security and emerging technology
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February 2019
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
March 21, 2019
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Forbes: With Launch Of New CRISPR Company, Competition Extends To Diagnostics
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March 2019
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Scientific Research
April 01, 2019
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The New York Times: Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’
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April 2019
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Farm Animal Welfare
April 15, 2019
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The Sacramento Bee: The answer to opioid crisis? UC Davis researcher will soon test his non-addictive pain drug
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April 2019
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Scientific Research
June 07, 2019
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Vox: This charity just canceled one of its poverty programs. That’s a good thing.
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June 2019
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Global Health & Development
June 12, 2019
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The New York Times: Trump Isn’t Alone. These Millennials on the Left Want Low Interest Rates, Too
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June 2019
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Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
August 19, 2019
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The Guardian: Campaigners demand end to fish tethering ‘torture’ in Taiwan
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August 2019
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Farm Animal Welfare
September 05, 2019
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Nature: First hint that body’s ‘biological age’ can be reversed
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September 2019
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Scientific Research
September 25, 2019
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Engineers Without Borders USA: Creating Cold: The Chilling Challenge of Off-Grid Refrigeration for Developing Countries
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September 2019
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Scientific Research
October 02, 2019
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Nature Biotechnology, First Rounders Podcast: Pardis Sabeti
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October 2019
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Scientific Research
October 02, 2019
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Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News: Cancer Vaccine Developers Report Bumper Crop of New Cancer Antigens
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October 2019
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Scientific Research
October 15, 2019
December 20, 2019
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Vox: A US charity just did something radical: asked recipients where the money should go
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December 2019
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Global Health & Development
March 18, 2020
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Barron’s Penta: How Philanthropists are Tackling COVID-19
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March 2020
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Scientific Research
July 01, 2020
July 13, 2020
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San Fransisco Business Times: Biotech Legends Help Launch Parasite-Fighting Startup with Deep Stanford Ties
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July 2020
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Scientific Research
July 22, 2020
August 14, 2020
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The Atlantic: The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back
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August 2020
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Scientific Research
September 10, 2020
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Forbes: 2021 Breakthrough Prize Winners Announced: Researcher Who Developed Protein Design Technology Awarded $3 Million
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September 2020
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Scientific Research
September 23, 2020
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Vox: Farms have bred chickens so large that they’re in constant pain
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September 2020
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Farm Animal Welfare
September 23, 2020
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The Washington Post: The Rise of the Rational Do-Gooders
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September 2020
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Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
September 23, 2020
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Vox: Building housing — lots of it — will lay the foundation for a new future
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September 2020
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
October 05, 2020
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Stanford Medicine News Center: Jeffrey Glenn Granted $14.3 Million to Develop Broad Spectrum Drug
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October 2020
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Scientific Research
October 12, 2020
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Scientific American: Lab-Made ‘Miniproteins’ Could Block the Coronavirus from Infecting Cells
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October 2020
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Scientific Research
October 15, 2020
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Vox: The case for taking AI seriously as a threat to humanity
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October 2020
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
October 23, 2020
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Nikkei Asia: Thai Food Producers Shift Focus to Animal Welfare
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October 2020
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Farm Animal Welfare
November 02, 2020
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BioSpace: Icosavax Turns VLP Tech to COVID-19 Vaccine, with $16.5 Million in New Financing
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November 2020
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Scientific Research
November 05, 2020
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Nature: Coronavirus Testing Finally Gathers Speed
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November 2020
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Scientific Research
December 13, 2020
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The New York Times: California’s Housing Crisis: How a Bureaucrat Pushed to Build
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December 2020
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
December 14, 2020
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Comstock’s Magazine: Promise for New Proteins
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December 2020
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Farm Animal Welfare
December 17, 2020
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The New York Times: Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?
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December 2020
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Global Catastrophic Risks
February 15, 2021
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The New York Times: Scientists Are Trying to Spot New Viruses Before They Cause Pandemics
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February 2021
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Scientific Research
February 15, 2021
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80,000 Hours: Lewis Bollard on big wins against factory farming and how they happened
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February 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
March 02, 2021
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Vox: The next frontier for animal welfare: fish
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March 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
March 12, 2021
March 16, 2021
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The Washington Post: Money can’t buy criminal justice reform. But it can fuel a movement.
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March 2021
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Criminal Justice Reform
March 19, 2021
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Forbes: French Birds, Spanish Cows, Danish Minks: The Fight For Animals’ Rights In Europe
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March 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
April 18, 2021
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The Brussels Times: European Citizens’ initiative to end the use of cages in animal farming in EU on the right track
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April 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
April 27, 2021
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Financial Times: Air pollution: Asia’s deadliest public health crisis is not Covid
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April 2021
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Global Catastrophic Risks
April 27, 2021
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The Washington Post: Epicurious drops beef recipes, drawing ire from the pro-burger crowd — and some food activists
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April 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
May 04, 2021
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The New Republic: The Progressive Trio Shaping Biden’s Ambitious Economic Policy
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May 2021
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Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
May 05, 2021
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The New York Times: The Future of Virus Tracking Can Be Found on This College Campus
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May 2021
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Scientific Research
May 10, 2021
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PBS News Hour: In her bid to end TB, Mireille Kamariza is shattering stereotypes about scientists
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May 2021
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Scientific Research
May 31, 2021
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The New York Times: Biden Aims to Rebuild and Expand Legal Immigration
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May 2021
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Immigration Policy
June 08, 2021
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The Washington Post: As grocery prices rise, alt-meat takes a bigger bite of Big Meat’s burger
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June 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
June 30, 2021
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Reuters: Caged animal farming must end in EU, European Commission says
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June 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
July 12, 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Alexander Berger on improving global health and wellbeing in clear and direct ways
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July 2021
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Global Health & Wellbeing
August 19, 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Holden Karnofsky on the most important century
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August 2021
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Global Catastrophic Risks
August 26, 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Holden Karnofsky on building aptitudes and kicking ass
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August 2021
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September 24, 2021
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EE Times: Building a Framework to Trust AI
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September 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
October 05, 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Carl Shulman on the common-sense case for existential risk work and its practical implications
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October 2021
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
October 28, 2021
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The Ezra Klein Show, The New York Times: Warning: This Episode Gets Really Weird About How Much Good You Can Do
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October 2021
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Global Catastrophic Risks
November 16, 2021
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Inside Philanthropy: With More Donors, Open Philanthropy Is Spinning Its Criminal Justice Reform Work Into a New Fund
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November 2021
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Criminal Justice Reform
November 26, 2021
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Vox: Why the future of animal welfare lies beyond the West
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November 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
November 29, 2021
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Vox: These are the charities where your money will do the most good
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November 2021
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Global Health & Development
November 30, 2021
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NPR: On #GivingTuesday, how to get the most bang for your buck
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November 2021
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Global Health & Development
November 30, 2021
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Vox: A criminal justice expert’s guide to donating effectively
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November 2021
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Criminal Justice Reform
December 16, 2021
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The New York Times: We Will Look Back on This Age of Cruelty to Animals in Horror
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December 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
December 20, 2021
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STAT: For an antiviral researcher, Covid brings a flood of attention — and opportunity
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December 2021
Focus Area
Scientific Research
January 06, 2022