Neel Nanda impressed by diversity of AI safety funders, half of which he didn't know funded the field
NeelNanda5 · x · 2026-09-14
DeepMind safety researcher Neel Nanda says he's impressed by the diversity of funders an AI safety organization has accumulated, noting he didn't know half of them even funded AI safety work. He adds that taking free tokens from companies is a form of compensation but seems closer to having expenses covered than taking funding.
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