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Reducing the Resource Gap Between Lab and External Safety Researchers

Zac Boring September 17, 2026 1 min read
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How philanthropic organisations can help close the resource gap between frontier labs and independent AI safety research.This post draws on Geodesic Research's experience deploying philanthropic funding in support of a compute-heavy research agenda.

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How philanthropic organisations can help close the resource gap between frontier labs and independent AI safety research.This post draws on Geodesic Research's experience deploying philanthropic funding in support of a compute-heavy research agenda. Over the past six months, through this procurement campaign, we have identified non-obvious bottlenecks that, if left unaddressed, can hamper independent AI safety non-profits from rapidly scaling their research. We believe reducing the resource gap

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