The ELLIS Institute is proud to announce that Coefficient Giving is supporting our Principal Investigator Maksym Andriushchenko with a grant of $1,000,000 to fund his research on AI safety.

His research focuses on the safety and alignment of autonomous LLM agents, which are becoming increasingly capable and pose a variety of emerging risks. Another area Maksym and his group are investigating is rigorous AI evaluations, which are key for informing the public about the risks and capabilities of frontier AI models. These points are crucial for ensuring their steerability and alignment with societal values. The overarching goal of the AI Safety and Alignment group is to reduce risks from general-purpose AI models and make sure AI is deployed safely for our society.

Coefficient Giving is a philanthropic funder and advisor whose mission is to use its resources to help others as much as possible. Coefficient has directed over $4 billion in grants since 2014, supporting projects across 13 philanthropic funds, putting great care into the choice of grantees. Coefficient Giving has been particularly invested in AI safety, systematically supporting research in this area.