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Research & Updates
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April 2021
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Financial Times: Air pollution: Asia’s deadliest public health crisis is not Covid
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April 27, 2021
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South Asian Air Quality
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April 2021
April 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 18, 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare in Europe
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March 2021
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Semi-informative priors over AI timelines
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March 25, 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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March 2021
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Report on Semi-informative Priors
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March 25, 2021
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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March 2021
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Forbes: French Birds, Spanish Cows, Danish Minks: The Fight For Animals’ Rights In Europe
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March 19, 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
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March 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 16, 2021
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Criminal Justice Reform
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March 2021
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The New York Times: Unlocking the Covid Code
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March 12, 2021
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Scientific Research
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March 2021
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If We Build It, Will They Come?
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March 09, 2021
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Alternatives to Animal Products
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March 2021
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Vox: The next frontier for animal welfare: Fish
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March 02, 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
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February 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 15, 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
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February 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 15, 2021
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Scientific Research
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January 2021
December 2020
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Seven Big Wins for Farm Animals in 2020
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December 21, 2020
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Farm Animal Welfare
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December 2020
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The New York Times: Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?
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December 17, 2020
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South Asian Air Quality
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December 2020
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Comstock’s Magazine: Promise for New Proteins
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December 14, 2020
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Farm Animal Welfare
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December 2020
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The New York Times: California’s Housing Crisis: How a Bureaucrat Pushed to Build
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December 13, 2020
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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December 2020
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2020 Allocation to GiveWell Top Charities
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December 11, 2020
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2020
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Our AI governance grantmaking so far
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December 08, 2020
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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November 2020
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2020
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November 23, 2020
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November 2020
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What could a Biden Administration mean for farm animals?
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November 20, 2020
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Farm Animal Welfare
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November 2020
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Nature: Coronavirus Testing Finally Gathers Speed
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November 05, 2020
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Scientific Research
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November 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 02, 2020
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Scientific Research
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October 2020
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Nikkei Asia: Thai food producers shift focus to animal welfare
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October 23, 2020
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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October 2020
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Vox: The case for taking AI seriously as a threat to humanity
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October 15, 2020
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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October 2020
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Scientific American: Lab-Made ‘Miniproteins’ Could Block the Coronavirus from Infecting Cells
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October 12, 2020
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Scientific Research
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October 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 05, 2020
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Scientific Research
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September 2020
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Political Opportunities for Farm Animals in Europe
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September 25, 2020
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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September 2020
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Vox: Building housing — lots of it — will lay the foundation for a new future
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September 23, 2020
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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September 2020
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The Washington Post: The Rise of the Rational Do-Gooders
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September 23, 2020
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
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September 2020
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Vox: Farms have bred chickens so large that they’re in constant pain
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September 23, 2020
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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September 2020
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How Much Computational Power Does It Take to Match the Human Brain?
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September 11, 2020
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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September 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 10, 2020
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Scientific Research
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September 2020
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New Report on How Much Computational Power It Takes to Match the Human Brain
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September 08, 2020
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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August 2020
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The Atlantic: The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back
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August 14, 2020
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Scientific Research
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August 2020
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How to Lower the Price of Plant-Based Meat
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August 12, 2020
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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July 2020
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Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Philanthropy Now podcast: Open Philanthropy: How donors and philanthropists can support criminal justice reform
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July 22, 2020
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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July 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 13, 2020
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Scientific Research
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July 2020
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Forbes: A New 20-Minute Covid-19 Test Will Use CRISPR Gene Editing Technology To Deliver Results At The Doctor’s Office, Supermarket, Or Workplace
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July 01, 2020
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Scientific Research
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June 2020
June 2020
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Dr. Kate Storrs, Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Justus Liebig University
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June 11, 2020
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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June 2020
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Professor Eve Marder, University Professor and Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Neuroscience, Brandeis University
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June 01, 2020
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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May 2020
May 2020
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New Staff in Communications, Grants, Operations, Programs, and Research (2020)
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May 08, 2020
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May 2020
April 2020
March 2020
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Barron’s Penta: How Philanthropists are Tackling COVID-19
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March 18, 2020
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Scientific Research
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March 2020
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Forecasting the COVID-19 Pandemic
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March 17, 2020
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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March 2020
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Dr. Jess Riedel, Senior Research Scientist (Physics), NTT Research
Date
March 01, 2020
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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March 2020