Critics say independent AI evaluators share the same EA funding and OpenAI ties

emax · x · 2026-09-13

An industry critique argues the supposedly independent AI evaluator ecosystem is staffed by the same EA-affiliated people funded by Open Philanthropy: one org's founder used to work at OpenAI, and a prominent researcher is married to an OpenAI board member — hardly independent by any definition.

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