On the blog

• Tom Davidson discussed one approach to forecasting when artificial general intelligence will be developed. 
• We explained our approach to recruiting a strong team. 

• Program officer Chloe Cockburn published an op-ed in The Washington Post about the importance of funding criminal justice reform organizers and leaders.
• The Smithsonian Magazine highlighted the Egg-Tech Prize, which we co-funded with the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, in a piece summarizing recent technological developments to eliminate chick culling. 
• The New York Times profiled the work of Michael Mina, an Open Philanthropy grantee, to develop a worldwide serological observatory intended to help track the spread of COVID-19 and future pandemics. 

Open Philanthropy announced a number of grants and investments, including (but not limited to):

• In Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness: The Council on Strategic Risks to support policy research and mentorship activities aimed at preventing the development of biological weapons.

• In Criminal Justice Reform: Dignity and Power Now to support efforts to reduce incarceration, Fair and Just Prosecution for general support, and Faith in Action to support the Street Certified program. 

• In Farm Animal Welfare: Compassion in World Farming to support work to advance farm animal welfare in Asia, Crustacean Compassion and The Humane League-UK for general support, and the University of Bern to support research on breeding layer hens. 

• In Global Health and Development: Grants to GiveWell top charities included the Malaria Consortium to support seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs, New Incentives for general support, Helen Keller International to support work on Vitamin A supplementation, the Against Malaria Foundation for general support, Evidence Action to support the Deworm the World Initiative, Sightsavers to support deworming programs, and GiveDirectly for general support. 

• In Immigration Policy: The International Refugee Assistance Project for general support. 

• In Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence: UC Berkeley to support the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence and the Center for Security and Emerging Technology for general support. 

• In Scientific Research: The Telethon Kids Institute to support work to develop a Strep A vaccine, an investment in VasoRX to support work testing a new therapy for vascular diseases, the University of New South Wales to support research on in vitro maturation of oocytes, and an investment in Binx to support work on a COVID-19 diagnostic platform. 

• In other areas: The Centre for Effective Altruism for general support. 

Jobs and other opportunities

• A Grants Associate to help support our grantmaking growth.
• An Operations Assistant to support our growing organization.
• A general application to let us know you'd be interested in working at Open Philanthropy.

Gabriela Romero
www.openphilanthropy.org