Fact check
Is it true: Effective Altruism / SBF / OpenAI-safety funding network (2014-23)?
Yes — this is confirmed.
The EA / OpenAI / SBF funding network is well-documented in 990 filings, grant databases, and journalism. Open Philanthropy funded OpenAI ($100M+ in 2017), Anthropic, MIRI, and EA infrastructure. FTX Future Fund committed $1B+ in 2022 before collapsing. SBF convicted of fraud November 2023. Helen Toner OpenAI board departure tied to EA-safety tensions. The network existed; whether it constituted intentional ideological capture of AI governance is the contested interpretive question.
The claim
Between 2014 and 2023 a dense funding and personnel network linked Effective Altruism organisations (Open Philanthropy, Centre for Effective Altruism, 80,000 Hours, Future of Humanity Institute), AI-s
Key evidence
Open Philanthropy $100M+ grant to OpenAI documented in 990 filings
EA funding has also supported causes outside AI — global health, animal welfare
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