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Research & Updates
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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
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November 23, 2020
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December 2023
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Staff – 2023
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December 19, 2023
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February 2019
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Supporting a New Technology Security Policy Think Tank
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February 28, 2019
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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February 2016
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Supporting the Launch of the Alliance for Safety and Justice
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February 10, 2016
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Criminal Justice Reform
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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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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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March 2017
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Technical and Philosophical Questions That Might Affect Our Grantmaking
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March 02, 2017
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November 2021
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Technical Updates to Our Global Health and Wellbeing Cause Prioritization Framework
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November 18, 2021
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Global Health & Wellbeing
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March 2014
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The First Case Study from Our History of Philanthropy Project
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March 25, 2014
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May 2014
August 2015
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The Long-Term Significance of Reducing Global Catastrophic Risks
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August 13, 2015
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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July 2014
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The Moral Value of the Far Future
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July 03, 2014
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Global Catastrophic Risks
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June 2017
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The Open Philanthropy Project Is Now an Independent Organization
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June 12, 2017
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February 2015
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The Path to Biomedical Progress
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February 27, 2015
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Scientific Research
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September 2015
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The Process of Hiring our First Cause-Specific Program Officer
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September 03, 2015
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October 2013
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The Role of Philanthropic Funding in Politics
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October 30, 2013
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Global Health & Wellbeing
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November 2013
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The Track Record of Policy-Oriented Philanthropy
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November 06, 2013
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History of Philanthropy
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February 2015
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Thoughts on the Sandler Foundation
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February 24, 2015
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History of Philanthropy
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September 2016
January 2012
April 2015
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Translational Science and the “Valley of Death”
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April 09, 2015
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Scientific Research
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November 2023
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Two New Requests for Proposals: Understanding the Real-World Capabilities and Impacts of Large Language Models
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November 10, 2023
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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January 2018