Open Philanthropy Update

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Recent Updates

We’ve published our annual review post, highlighting our progress in 2022 and plans for the coming year.
Co-CEO Holden Karnofsky is taking a three-month leave of absence from Open Philanthropy to work on AI safety full-time. Holden will be researching possible AI safety standards that, if adopted, could prevent labs from deploying dangerous AI systems.
Luke Muehlhauser, program officer for AI Governance and Policy, shared a list of 12 tentative policy ideas that he believes could help reduce existential risk from AI.
We’ve launched our AI Worldviews Contest, which will award prizes of up to $50,000 for essays that best inform the views of a panel of judges regarding AGI timelines and existential risks from AI. The contest deadline is May 31.
Senior Research Analyst Ajeya Cotra and Vox’s Kelsey Piper co-launched Planned Obsolescence, a blog about AI alignment and the future of AI.

In the News

Open Philanthropy was featured in Inside Philanthropy, with detailed looks at our farm animal welfare and biosecurity & pandemic preparedness programs.

Grantmaking

Photo courtesy of Stanford University

We announced a number of grants, including (but not limited to):

In Biosecurity and Pandemics:

MIT Media Lab to support research led by Professor Kevin Esvelt to improve the detection of biosecurity threats.

In Effective Altruism Community Growth:

Probably Good to create online career guides and career profiles.
One for the World to support outreach on college campuses to encourage people to donate part of their incomes.

In Global Health and Development:

Malaria Consortium, on GiveWell’s recommendation, to support seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Togo.
Helen Keller International, on GiveWell’s recommendation, to support vitamin A supplementation programs in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, the DRC, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria.

In Scientific Research:

University of California, Berkeley to continue our support for Dr. Irina Conboy’s research on the mechanisms of aging.

In Global Aid Policy:

International Rescue Committee to support the placement of a staff member at USAID who will help to make their programs more cost-effective.
Malaria No More to support “malaria diplomacy” work in Japan and Korea (advocating for more aid spending to reduce malaria).

In South Asian Air Quality:

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (a division of the World Bank) to support its work to improve air quality in the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
Stanford University to conduct a randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh testing interventions aimed at helping brick kiln owners design and operate kilns that emit less pollution.

Jobs and other opportunities

A Research Analyst for Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness to identify and quantify the most important biosecurity threats. Apply by March 28!
An In-House Counsel to join our legal team and provide legal advice on a wide range of topics.
An Operations Associate to help support our Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness team
A People Operations Assistant - Immigration and Global Workforce to help support our business immigration and global workforce needs.
Many funding opportunities, including fellowships, scholarships, funding for community organizing, and support for effective altruism-related translation projects.

Best,
Josh You
Content Editor