Northeastern University — Mechanistic Interpretability Research

$72K

Funder

Coefficient Giving wiki

Recipient

Northeastern University

Program

AI Safety Grantmaking

Date

Sep 2023

Source

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Notes

[Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $72,062 to Northeastern University to support a postdoctoral position for Sam Marks in Professor David Bau’s lab, where Sam will conduct research on mechanistic interpretability. This follows our November 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. The grant amount was updated in September 2025.

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