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AI Safety Funder Bulletin

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Tim Duffy
“Here's a summary of current AI safety funding courtesy of the folks at Manifund. Pretty striking how large the shift from 2025 to 2026 is expected to be. manifund.substack.com/p/ai-safety-...” evidence ↗
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Tim Duffy

“Here's a summary of current AI safety funding courtesy of the folks at Manifund. Pretty striking how large the shift from 2025 to 2026 is expected to be. manifund.substack.com/p/ai-safety-...”

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4 experts · 7 posts · 14h ago
Ted Underwood Meredith Martin Shubhendu Trivedi Marco Z
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“On reflection I’m not sure I respect the candor either, because, does Amodei have any expectation this will persuade ppl in tech? Surely not. Perhaps the actual audience for this is policy makers i…” evidence ↗
Reaction converging Policy & governance · 3
Ted Underwood: On reflection I’m not sure I respect the candor either, because, does Amodei have any expectation this will persuade ppl in tech? Surely not. Perhaps the actual audience for this is policy makers i…
Shubhendu Trivedi: Over time I have come to the conclusion that a lot of this isn't as much about regulatory capture and becoming a designated economic tollbooth (although there's that too). It's more like they reall…
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2 experts · 17 posts · 4h ago
Pwnallthethings SE Gyges
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“here's who signed both the Pacing the Frontier letter released today and the Pause AI letter in 2023 demanding an end to all research for six months also, raw counts for "signed today's letter" and…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Policy & governance · 1 Opportunity & adoption · 1
SE Gyges: here's who signed both the Pacing the Frontier letter released today and the Pause AI letter in 2023 demanding an end to all research for six months also, raw counts for "signed today's letter" and…
SE Gyges: fundamentally this is an anthropic thing that managed to recruit some people from other companies
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