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Alignment Research Center (ARC)

Safety Organization
Founded Oct 2021 (4 years old)HQ: Berkeley, CAalignment.org

Also known as: ARC, ARC Alignment

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Database Records
Revenue
$10.0 million
as of 2023
Founded Date
Oct 2021

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Financial

Annual Expenses$6.3 million20233 pts
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2023$6.3 millionview →
2022$1.4 millionview →
2021$153,352view →
Net Assets$7.1 million20233 pts
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2023$7.1 millionview →
2022$3.4 millionview →
2021$322,298view →
Revenue$10.0 million20233 pts
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2023$10.0 millionview →
2022$4.5 millionview →
2021$475,650view →

Organization

Founded DateOct 20212 pts
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Oct 2021view →
Apr 2021view →
HeadquartersBerkeley, CA2 pts
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Berkeley, CAview →
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People

Founded ByPaul Christiano
Founder (text)Paul Christiano
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Paul Christianoview →

Background

Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_Research_Center
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_Research_Centerview →

General

Websitehttp://alignment.org/
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http://alignment.org/view →

Divisions

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NameDivisionTypeStatusSourceNotesSource check
ARC Theoryteamactivealignment.orgTheoretical alignment research led by Paul Christiano. Focuses on ELK (Eliciting Latent Knowledge) and foundational alignment theory.
ARC Evalsteamactiveevals.alignment.orgEvaluates frontier AI models for dangerous capabilities (e.g., autonomous replication). Spun out as METR in 2024 but ARC continues related eval work.

Entity Events

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TitleDateEventTypeDescriptionSignificanceSource check
Christiano appointed Head of AI Safety at US AISI2024-04leadership-changePersonal appointment at NIST rather than an institutional contract with ARC.major
ARC Evals formally renamed METR2023-12-04pivotModel Evaluation & Threat Research; independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit led by Beth Barnes.major
ARC Evals spin-out announced2023-09-19pivotGrowth in ARC Evals' size prompted formalization of separation.major
ARC Evals incubated; Beth Barnes hired to lead it2022launchBegan incubating ARC Evals — exploratory work on independent evaluations of frontier AI models. Completed evaluations of GPT-4 (with OpenAI) and Claude (with Anthropic).major
Open Philanthropy grant ($265K)2022fundingDocumented grant from Coefficient Giving (then Open Philanthropy).moderate
Returned $1.25M FTX Foundation grant after FTX bankruptcy2022fundingmajor
Founded by Paul Christiano2021foundingFounded by Paul Christiano after his departure from OpenAI; nonprofit AI safety research organization focused on theoretical alignment.major
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