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Research & Updates
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June 2023
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(Request for Information) Evaluation of Germicidal Far-UVC: Safety, Efficacy, Technology, and Adoption
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June 09, 2023
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Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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April 2023
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12 Tentative Ideas for US AI Policy
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April 17, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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December 2018
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2018 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
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December 12, 2018
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2019
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2019 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
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December 06, 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2020
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2020 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
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December 11, 2020
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Global Health & Development
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November 2021
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2021 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities: Why We’re Giving More Going Forward
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November 19, 2021
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
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February 2012
September 2017
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Aftereffects: In the U.S., Evidence Says Doing More Time Typically Leads to More Crime After
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September 25, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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December 2023
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AI Governance Talent Profiles We’d Like to See
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December 19, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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July 2023
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Alexander Berger is Now Sole CEO of Open Philanthropy
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July 27, 2023
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February 2016
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America’s Recently Heralded Urban “Crime Wave” May Already Have Peaked
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February 02, 2016
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Criminal Justice Reform
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March 2018
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An Update to How We’re Thinking About Grant Check-Ins
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March 09, 2018
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September 2011
January 2023
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Announcing the Awardees for Our $150M Regranting Challenge
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January 12, 2023
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Global Health & Wellbeing
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June 2022
March 2023
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Announcing the Open Philanthropy AI Worldviews Contest
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March 10, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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September 2023
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Announcing the Winners of the 2023 Open Philanthropy AI Worldviews Contest
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September 29, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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February 2016
April 2015
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Breakthrough Fundamental Science
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April 14, 2015
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Scientific Research
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September 2022
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Cause Exploration Prizes: Announcing Our Prizes
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September 09, 2022
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Global Health & Wellbeing
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April 2013
September 2014
August 2015
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Change in our Fundraising Policy for the Open Philanthropy Project
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August 17, 2015
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November 2019
April 2015
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Co-funding Partnership with Kaitlyn Trigger and Mike Krieger
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April 23, 2015
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August 2015
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Coming Down to Earth: What if a Big Geomagnetic Storm Does Hit?
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August 21, 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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June 2016
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Concrete Problems in AI Safety
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June 22, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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July 2015
September 2014
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David Roodman’s Draft Writeup on Immigration and Current Residents’ Wages
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September 03, 2014
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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April 2024
April 2024
April 2024
October 2013
September 2017
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Deterrence Is De Minimis
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September 24, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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September 2015
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Differential Technological Development: Some Early Thinking
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September 30, 2015
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Scientific Research
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November 2022
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Does Putting Kids in School Now Put Money in Their Pockets Later? Revisiting a Natural Experiment in Indonesia
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November 23, 2022
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Global Health & Development
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October 2016
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Efforts to Improve the Accuracy of Our Judgments and Forecasts
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October 25, 2016
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July 2013
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Empowerment and Catastrophic Risk
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July 18, 2013
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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October 2014
June 2019
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Explaining Our Bet on Sherlock Biosciences’ Innovations in Viral Diagnostics
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June 10, 2019
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Scientific Research
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January 2014
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Exploring Life Sciences Funding
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January 07, 2014
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Scientific Research
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October 2013
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Exploring Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
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October 24, 2013
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Global Health & Wellbeing
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April 2014
Title
Finding Giving Opportunities in Malaria Control/Elimination
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April 30, 2014
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January 2018
Title
Fish: The Forgotten Farm Animal
Date
January 18, 2018
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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March 2020
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Forecasting the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date
March 17, 2020
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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May 2015
October 2013
June 2015
Title
Geomagnetic Storms: An Introduction to the Risk
Date
June 29, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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July 2015
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Geomagnetic Storms: History’s Surprising, if Tentative, Reassurance
Date
July 02, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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July 2015