Overview
- OpenAI committed $7.5 million (£5.6 million), taking total resources for the Alignment Project to more than £27 million.
- The first round has funded 60 research efforts across eight countries, with a second round scheduled to open this summer.
- OpenAI said its contribution will not change or influence how projects are chosen, increasing only the number of vetted teams that can be supported.
- The UK AI Security Institute oversees selection as well as access to compute and mentorship, with Renaissance Philanthropy administering the grant pipeline.
- An international coalition backs the initiative, including CIFAR, Australia’s AI Safety Institute, Schmidt Sciences, AWS and Anthropic.