We announced a new cause area in our Global Catastrophic Risks portfolio: Forecasting. Led by Benjamin Tereick, the Forecasting team's mission is to help realize the promise of forecasting as a way to improve decision-making.
Lewis Bollard, our Program Director for Farm Animal Welfare, published a post about how the farm lobby blocks legislative progress. He also wrote about Ruth Harrison and Henry Spira, two pioneering advocates for farmed animals. You can subscribe to Lewis’s Substack here.
Senior Program Officer Jacob Trefethen started a blog about scientific research and science funding. You can subscribe to Jacob’s blog here.
Research Fellow Matt Clancy published a series of posts about patents. You can subscribe to Matt’s Substack here.
Ajeya Cotra, a Senior Program Officer for our work on technical AI safety, was quoted in Vox on the debate over open-source AI.
Dustin Moskovitz — who, together with his wife Cari Tuna, is Open Philanthropy’s chief funder — published an essay about his philanthropic journey and views on the effective altruism community.
The Development Learning Lab to support the production of knowledge reviews and policy reports, as well as provide knowledge services aimed at improving development outcomes.
A People Operations Associate to help our Immigration and Global Workforce team advance and support our globally distributed workforce. Apply by May 15th to be considered.