AI BriefingPromoting Independent Research on AI Alignment
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OpenAI is funding UK AISI's independent research fund 'The Alignment Project' with $7.5 million to help secure the safety of AI alignment.
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As AI systems grow more capable and autonomous, OpenAI is donating $7.5 million (about £5.6 million) to The Alignment Project to ensure diversity in AI Alignment research. This project is a global fund for independent alignment research established by the UK AI Security Institute (UK AISI).
While frontier labs focus on alignment research based on model access and computing resources, independent research teams strengthen the ecosystem by exploring a variety of areas, including:
- Computational complexity theory
- Economic theory and game theory
- Cognitive science
- Information theory and cryptography
This funding will be provided as additional support to existing proven projects, bringing the total fund size to over £27 million. Individual projects typically receive support ranging from £50,000 to £1 million, and can also receive computing resources and expert support as needed.
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