An Overview of the AI Safety Funding Situation
Summary
An analysis of global AI safety funding sources, including major funds like Open Philanthropy and SFF, for-profit company contributions, and academic research grants.
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Funding is a crucial input for enabling or accelerating AI safety research.
Open Phil spent about $46 million on AI safety making it probably the largest funder of AI safety in the world.
The article provides a detailed breakdown of funding for AI safety research focusing on existential risks. It estimates contributions from philanthropic funds, industry labs, and government grants in the US and UK.