The charitable foundation of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has announced a $108 million donation in cloud-based artificial intelligence compute from CoreWeave. The move aims to advance AI research and development by providing critical computational resources to the academic and scientific community.
Renaissance Philanthropy has raised over $533 million in its first two years to support high-risk, high-impact scientific innovation, with a growing presence in Europe. Its approach connects philanthropists, researchers, and domain experts to accelerate progress in fields like AI, health, and climate science. The nonprofit is establishing new models to deploy capital more effectively than traditional funding mechanisms.
Animal welfare advocates in the Bay Area are increasingly turning to AI, particularly large language models, to advance their cause and consider future ethical questions. The movement, closely linked to the effective altruism community, is also seeing a potential influx of funding from AI industry leaders. While some remain skeptical about prioritising AI welfare, others believe that the future of animal and AI sentience must be considered together.
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