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Machine Intelligence Research Institute — Founded Date: Jan 2000

MIRI

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Last checked: 3/31/2026

The source text explicitly confirms that MIRI was founded in 2000. The claim specifies '2000-01' (January 2000), and while the source does not provide the specific month, it does confirm the year 2000 as the founding date. The source also confirms the additional context that the organization was originally named the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence and was renamed to MIRI in 2013. The year-level precision matches the claim.

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confirmed95%primaryHaiku 4.5 · 3/31/2026
Found: Founded in 2000 as the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence; renamed to MIRI in 2013. The History section states: '2000 Eliezer Yudkowsky, along with Brian and Sabine Atkins, founded MIRI

Note: The source text explicitly confirms that MIRI was founded in 2000. The claim specifies '2000-01' (January 2000), and while the source does not provide the specific month, it does confirm the year 2000 as the founding date. The source also confirms the additional context that the organization was originally named the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence and was renamed to MIRI in 2013. The year-level precision matches the claim.

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