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Recent Updates
* We're hiring for more than 20 positions across our Global Catastrophic Risks portfolio. You can apply for any number of these roles using a single form; applications are due by November 9th at 11:59 pm PST ([link removed]).
* We announced that Alexander Berger is now the sole CEO of Open Philanthropy. Holden Karnofsky is now our Director of AI Strategy, and Emily Oehlsen has been promoted to Managing Director; she will lead our work on Global Health and Wellbeing, which Alexander previously led ([link removed]).
* We wrote about our plan to allocate $300 million to support GiveWell's recommended charities from 2023 through 2025. The linked post explains why we made this commitment, and why we think GiveWell is still the gold standard for donors seeking evidence-backed giving opportunities ([link removed]).
* Lewis Bollard, our Program Director for Farm Animal Welfare, published a newsletter explaining why the European Union's farm animal welfare proposals are in jeopardy. You can subscribe to Lewis's newsletter here ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* Javier Prieto, a Program Assistant for our work on AI governance and policy, shared takeaways from a prediction tournament we commissioned on the topic of AI progress ([link removed]).
* We announced the winners for our AI Worldviews Contest, which was aimed at surfacing considerations that could affect our views on transformative AI ([link removed]).

In the News
* Ajeya Cotra, a Senior Program Officer for our work on technical AI safety, appeared on the Freakonomics podcast to discuss potential implications of advanced AI systems ([link removed]).
* Holden Karnofsky, our Director of AI Strategy, appeared on the 80,000 Hours podcast to discuss risks posed by advanced AI systems and steps we could take to reduce them ([link removed]).
* Amanda Hungerford, a Program Officer on our Farm Animal Welfare team, appeared on the How I Learned to Love Shrimp podcast to discuss Open Philanthropy's animal-focused grantmaking ([link removed]).
* Senior Research Analyst Tom Davidson appeared on the Future of Life Institute's podcast to discuss how quickly AI could automate the economy ([link removed]).
* Carl Shulman, an advisor to Open Philanthropy, appeared on two episodes of Dwarkesh Patel's podcast to discuss a wide range of topics ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* Good Judgment Inc. published results from a forecasting project based on a paper from Senior Research Analyst Joseph Carlsmith ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* The Chronicle of Philanthropy published an article on alternatives to animal products, featuring Open Philanthropy and several of our grantees ([link removed]).

Grantmaking

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

In Biosecurity and Pandemic Prevention:
* The World Health Organization to support its work on governing dual-use research and using life sciences research responsibly ([link removed]).

In Farm Animal Welfare:
* L214 to support work on corporate campaigns for cage-free reforms and broiler chicken welfare in France ([link removed]).
* Animal Empathy Philippines to support work on building the farm animal welfare and alternative protein communities in the Philippines ([link removed]).

In Global Health and Development:
* MiracleFeet to scale up its clubfoot treatment program in the Philippines, and expand to Chad and Côte d’Ivoire ([link removed]).
* IRD Global to develop strategy, increase organizational efficiency, and hire key staff ([link removed]).

In Scientific Research:
* The CDC Foundation to support research on malaria control ([link removed]).
* The University of Edinburgh to support work to sequence clinical syphilis genomes in southern Africa ([link removed]).

In Global Aid Policy:
* Government Relations Group to support dialogues between Japanese and Korean lawmakers on global health aid ([link removed]).

In Potential Risks from Advanced AI:
* Apollo Research to conduct research on ways to evaluate whether AI models are aligned and safe, with a focus on interpretability and deception ([link removed]).

* AI Impacts to support an expert survey on progress in artificial intelligence ([link removed]).

Jobs and other opportunities
* More than 20 different positions across multiple areas in our Global Catastrophic Risks portfolio. Apply by November 9th at 11:59 pm PST ([link removed]).
* Grants Associates to help us disburse our grants as smoothly and efficiently as possible, even in complex situations. Apply by December 1st at 11:59 pm PST ([link removed]).
* An Operations Assistant to support the day-to-day work of our Business Operations team. We expect to close this application soon ([link removed]).
* A People Operations Generalist to support our staff in many different ways — including by helping to administer our payroll and benefits, managing the onboarding process, and improving a variety of systems. We expect to close this application soon ([link removed]).
* Many funding opportunities, including fellowships, scholarships, and funding for projects focused on community building ([link removed]).

Best,
Aaron Gertler
Communications Officer

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