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Research & Updates
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May 2023
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Ajeya Cotra on accidentally teaching AI models to deceive us
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May 12, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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May 2023
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A Big Supreme Court Win for Farm Animals
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May 12, 2023
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Farm Animal Welfare
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May 2023
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Joe Carlsmith on navigating serious philosophical confusion
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May 19, 2023
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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May 2023
May 2023
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The New York Times: What if There Was Never a Pandemic Again?
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May 28, 2023
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Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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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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June 2023
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Lunar Society Podcast: Carl Shulman – Intelligence Explosion, Primate Evolution, Robot Doublings, & Alignment
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June 14, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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June 2023
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What a compute-centric framework says about takeoff speeds
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June 27, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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July 2023
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We Love Animals. Why Do We Torture Them?
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July 18, 2023
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Farm Animal Welfare
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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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July 2023
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Takeaways from the Metaculus AI Progress Tournament
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July 27, 2023
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August 2023
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Holden Karnofsky on how AIs might take over even if they’re no smarter than humans, and his four-part playbook for AI risk
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August 01, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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August 2023
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How I Learned To Love Shrimp Podcast: Amanda Hungerford on Open Philanthropy’s funding for farmed animal welfare
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August 10, 2023
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Farm Animal Welfare
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August 2023
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Freakonomics Podcast: New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different?
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August 30, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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September 2023
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Future of Life Institute Podcast: Tom Davidson on How Quickly AI Could Automate the Economy
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September 08, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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September 2023
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New Roles on Our Global Catastrophic Risks Team
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September 26, 2023
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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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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October 2023
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Our planned allocation to GiveWell’s recommendations for the next few years
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October 05, 2023
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Global Health & Development
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October 2023
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The Indian Express: Bihar to tackle air pollution with better monitoring
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October 11, 2023
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South Asian Air Quality
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October 2023
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Does Alternative Meat Need Philanthropy to Take It Beyond?
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October 16, 2023
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
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October 2023
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Works in Progress: The housing theory of everything
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October 16, 2023
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October 2023
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Europe’s animal welfare reforms are under threat
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October 18, 2023
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Farm Animal Welfare in Europe
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October 2023
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Good Judgment: Superforecasting AI
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October 19, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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November 2023
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Santosh Harish on how air pollution is responsible for ~12% of global deaths — and how to get that number down
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November 01, 2023
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South Asian Air Quality
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November 2023