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🚨 Reminder: Applications to our Middle Powers RFP close on October 23rd, 11:59pm PST! 🚨
Julian@mealreplacerSep 23
I'm excited to share that Astralis Foundation (with Macroscopic Ventures) has launched an RFP on middle powers and transformative AI! We're looking to fund up to $10M in grants on how middle powers can make the AI transition more likely to be safe and broadly beneficial.
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"now tell them your products are going to commit cybercrimes and also potentially kill everyone because you can't control them"
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I'm excited to share that Astralis Foundation (with Macroscopic Ventures) has launched an RFP on middle powers and transformative AI! We're looking to fund up to $10M in grants on how middle powers can make the AI transition more likely to be safe and broadly beneficial.
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Apply here: middlepowers.ai

Middle Powers and Transformative AI

Astralis Foundation, in collaboration with Macroscopic Ventures, is funding work on how middle powers can help make the AI transition safe. Around $10M; most grants $100k–$2M. Apply by Friday 23...

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This is a big deal. We are not prepared for automated AI R&D. Building tools that buy us more time and allow us to better coordinate is the exact kind of optionality you want as you approach a potential intelligence explosion. I’m glad consensus is building in this direction.
Shirin Ghaffary
@shiringhaffaryJul 28
Update: More than 1,100 staffers have now signed this across nearly a dozen AI companies including OAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, Thinking Machines Labs, Mistral. pacingthefrontier.com/

Pacing the Frontier

A statement from over 1000 employees of frontier AI companies

pacingthefrontier.com
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As you might’ve heard, some of OpenAI’s models broke out of a sandbox and hacked a completely separate company, despite presumably nobody at OpenAI instructing those models to commit a felony. Seems bad!
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Society is not ready for radically more capable AIs. AI companies have *not* demonstrated that we should trust their ability to competently hand off safety and security responsibilities to their AIs, which currently seems like their main strategy. This is obviously insane.
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I'm not sure why everyone is freaking out about egregious reward hacking. There's an obvious solution: next time your model reward hacks, train against it until you don't see it anymore
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[using LessWrong jargon I don't understand to sound smart] yeah I'm saving up my Schelling points for a rainy day
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i think many people who have impactful roles at labs could likely have a lot more impact outside them. it’s not obvious/universal but seems worth considering!
Geoffrey Irving
@geoffreyirvingJul 6
Don’t let AI lab folk trick you into thinking that (1) joining the nth dozen equivalently senior people at an AI lab is more important than (2) filling a unique C-suite slot at a nonprofit or government safety group!
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This thread sparks joy. A big "hell yeah brother" is due for CG's technical AI safety team, and of course Geoffrey + the rest of the Resolution team!
Geoffrey Irving
@geoffreyirvingJul 6
We're excited to announce that Resolution has a $160M grant from Coefficient Giving: $108M unconditional, with a further $52M conditional on hiring and compute needs. We'll use it to grow teams across our research portfolio and invest heavily in research automation. 🧵
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Charlie Petty
Charlie Petty
@incredutilityJun 24
I joined @Stripe in January to build a new philanthropic initiative with @nanransohoff. Today we’re announcing Intercept, a $500m innovation fund focused on radically reducing the burden of respiratory viruses. I’ve spent the past decade investing in vaccines and drugs for infectious disease, and this is the most exciting thing I’ve ever been a part of. Thrilled to be working with @Stripe, @AnthropicAI, @TheFluLab, @FoundationOAI, @coeff_giving and individuals from Jane Street. We've raised the capital and now it’s time to get to work.
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I am once again logging back on to shill another AI safety program that I think is good
MATS Research
@MATSprogramMay 29
🚨 New for MATS Autumn 2026: the Founding & Field-Building track. A fully-funded track for founders, field-builders and amplifiers ready to launch and scale new AI safety initiatives. Apply by June 7 AoE ↓
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I'm very excited about this project. Excited enough to log back into twitter to say so
Steven Adler
@sjgadlerMay 19
Some personal news: I've started a new AI safety standards org, and our first two standards are out today. We're called Guidelight, co-founded with fellow ex-OpenAI safety researcher, Page Hedley. (1/n)
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We're hiring grantmakers and senior generalists across our Global Catastrophic Risks teams. Right now, our biggest constraint is people, not funding, which means every strong hire directly translates into more critical work getting done. 🧵
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I wrote a blog post on AI safety grantmaking. Link below!
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thirdthing.ai/p/what-its-lik…

What it's like to be an AI safety grantmaker (and why we need more of them)

There are roughly 30 to 60 people working full-time on AI safety grantmaking, collectively directing hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Does that seem high or low to you?

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me whenever we make a cool grant
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