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Research & Updates
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February 2024
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New Grantmaking Program: Forecasting
Date
February 19, 2024
Focus Area
Forecasting
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November 2023
Title
New Grantmaking Program: Global Public Health Policy
Date
November 22, 2023
Focus Area
Global Public Health Policy
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February 2022
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New Grantmaking Program: Supporting the Effective Altruism Community around Global Health and Wellbeing
Date
February 22, 2022
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
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February 2018
December 2023
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New Positions on our Cause Prioritization Team (Global Health and Wellbeing)
Date
December 21, 2023
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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June 2017
April 2017
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New Report on Early Field Growth
Date
April 26, 2017
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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September 2020
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New Report on How Much Computational Power It Takes to Match the Human Brain
Date
September 08, 2020
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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September 2017
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New Report on the Welfare Differences Between Cage and Cage-Free Housing
Date
September 15, 2017
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Farm Animal Welfare
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June 2021
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New Roles in Global Health and Wellbeing
Date
June 29, 2021
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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September 2023
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New Roles on Our Global Catastrophic Risks Team
Date
September 26, 2023
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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July 2022
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New Shallow Investigations: Telecommunications and Civil Conflict Reduction
Date
July 25, 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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May 2020
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New Staff in Communications, Grants, Operations, Programs, and Research (2020)
Date
May 08, 2020
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April 2019
June 2021
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New Staff in Operations, Programs, and Research (2021)
Date
June 03, 2021
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July 2016
December 2018
February 2015
Title
Notes from November Convening on Our Policy Priorities
Date
February 19, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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June 2012
August 2014
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Open Philanthropy Project (formerly GiveWell Labs)
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August 20, 2014
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September 2015
March 2015
Title
Open Philanthropy Project Update: Global Catastrophic Risks
Date
March 11, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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March 2015
Title
Open Philanthropy Project Update: U.S. Policy
Date
March 10, 2015
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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March 2015
Title
Open Philanthropy Project: Progress in 2014 and Plans for 2015
Date
March 12, 2015
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May 2022
June 2021
February 2022
December 2017
Title
Our ‘Second Chance’ Program for NIH Transformative Research Applicants
Date
December 05, 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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December 2020
Title
Our AI Governance Grantmaking So Far
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December 08, 2020
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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January 2021
November 2021
Title
Our Criminal Justice Reform Program Is Now an Independent Organization: Just Impact
Date
November 16, 2021
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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February 2016
July 2013
Title
Our Landscape of the Open Science Community
Date
July 11, 2013
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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October 2023
Title
Our Planned Allocation to GiveWell’s Recommendations for the Next Few Years
Date
October 05, 2023
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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April 2016
March 2017
March 2018
April 2019
May 2020
April 2021
May 2022
May 2023
March 2024
May 2015
Title
Our Updated Agenda for Science Philanthropy
Date
May 06, 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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May 2014
Title
Our Writeup on Criminal Justice Reform
Date
May 06, 2014
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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July 2014
Title
Partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts
Date
July 24, 2014
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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March 2012
Title
Philanthropy’s Success Stories
Date
March 01, 2012
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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May 2013
Title
Possible Global Catastrophic Risks
Date
May 23, 2013
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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June 2014
Title
Potential Global Catastrophic Risk Focus Areas
Date
June 26, 2014
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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May 2016
Title
Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence: The Philanthropic Opportunity
Date
May 06, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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May 2014
Title
Potential U.S. Policy Focus Areas
Date
May 29, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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June 2017
August 2019
February 2017
September 2017
Title
Reasonable Doubt: A New Look at Whether Prison Growth Cuts Crime
Date
September 24, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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September 2012
May 2013
March 2019
Title
Reflections on Our 2018 Generalist Research Analyst Recruiting
Date
March 07, 2019
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March 2021
Title
Report on Semi-Informative Priors
Date
March 25, 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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July 2022
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Report on Social Returns to Productivity Growth
Date
July 15, 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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June 2021
Title
Report on Whether AI Could Drive Explosive Economic Growth
Date
June 17, 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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May 2022
Title
Request for Proposals: Help Open Philanthropy Quantify Biological Risk
Date
May 12, 2022
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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January 2014
Title
Returns to Life Sciences Funding
Date
January 15, 2014
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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April 2015
Title
Science Policy and Infrastructure
Date
April 21, 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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December 2013
Title
Scientific Research Funding
Date
December 26, 2013
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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November 2015
Title
Should the Open Philanthropy Project be Recommending More/Larger Grants?
Date
November 17, 2015
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January 2024
Title
Social Science Research Topics for Animal Welfare
Date
January 09, 2024
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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February 2024
Title
Social Science Research Topics for Global Health and Wellbeing
Date
February 02, 2024
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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May 2016
Title
Some Background on Our Views Regarding Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Date
May 06, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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July 2012
Title
Some History Behind Our Shifting Approach to Research
Date
July 20, 2012
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December 2017
Title
Staff Members’ Personal Donations for Giving Season 2017
Date
December 18, 2017
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April 2015
Title
Statement from Kaitlyn Trigger & Mike Krieger: Why We’re Partnering with the Open Philanthropy Project
Date
April 23, 2015
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May 2012
December 2015
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff
Date
December 23, 2015
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December 2016
Title
Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2016
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December 14, 2016
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December 2017
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2017
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December 22, 2017
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December 2018
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2018
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December 20, 2018
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December 2019
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2019
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December 18, 2019
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November 2020
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2020
Date
November 23, 2020
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December 2023
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2023
Date
December 19, 2023
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February 2019
Title
Supporting a New Technology Security Policy Think Tank
Date
February 28, 2019
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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February 2016
Title
Supporting the Launch of the Alliance for Safety and Justice
Date
February 10, 2016
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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July 2023
Title
Takeaways from the Metaculus AI Progress Tournament
Date
July 27, 2023
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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March 2017
Title
Technical and Philosophical Questions That Might Affect Our Grantmaking
Date
March 02, 2017
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November 2021
Title
Technical Updates to Our Global Health and Wellbeing Cause Prioritization Framework
Date
November 18, 2021
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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March 2014
Title
The First Case Study from Our History of Philanthropy Project
Date
March 25, 2014
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May 2014
August 2015
Title
The Long-Term Significance of Reducing Global Catastrophic Risks
Date
August 13, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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July 2014
Title
The Moral Value of the Far Future
Date
July 03, 2014
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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June 2017
Title
The Open Philanthropy Project Is Now an Independent Organization
Date
June 12, 2017
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February 2015
Title
The Path to Biomedical Progress
Date
February 27, 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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September 2015
Title
The Process of Hiring our First Cause-Specific Program Officer
Date
September 03, 2015
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October 2013
Title
The Role of Philanthropic Funding in Politics
Date
October 30, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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November 2013
Title
The Track Record of Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
Date
November 06, 2013
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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February 2015
Title
Thoughts on the Sandler Foundation
Date
February 24, 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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September 2016
January 2012
April 2015
Title
Translational Science and the “Valley of Death”
Date
April 09, 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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November 2023
Title
Two New Requests for Proposals: Understanding the Real-World Capabilities and Impacts of Large Language Models
Date
November 10, 2023
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Content Type
January 2018