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In the News
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May 12, 2023
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Ajeya Cotra on accidentally teaching AI models to deceive us
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May 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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
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
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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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August 01, 2023
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
May 19, 2023
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Joe Carlsmith on navigating serious philosophical confusion
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May 2023
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Global Catastrophic Risks
November 01, 2023
May 05, 2023
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Tom Davidson on how quickly AI could transform the world
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May 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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 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
September 01, 2022
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
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
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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February 07, 2023
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CNBC: Facebook co-founder Moskovitz funds research into cooling the Earth with sunlight reflection
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February 2023
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Global Health & Wellbeing
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
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
March 04, 2024
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Current Affairs: Why Factory Farming is a Moral Atrocity
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March 2024
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Farm Animal Welfare
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
January 12, 2023
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Devex: Gates, USAID among Open Philanthropy’s $150M regrant contest winners
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January 2023
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Global Health & Wellbeing
January 06, 2022
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Devex: Open Philanthropy launches programs for South Asia, global aid work
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January 2022
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Global Aid Policy
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
January 11, 2024
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EA Consulting Network: The Case for Developing Specialized Expertise with Lewis Bollard
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January 2024
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Farm Animal Welfare
September 24, 2021