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Grant: Discovering latent goals (mechanistic interpretability PhD salary) (Manifund → Lucy Farnik)

Verdictpartial95%
1 check · 4/14/2026

The source confirms the grant name, grantee (Lucy Farnik), funder (Manifund), and that it is a grant. However, the amount field shows a discrepancy: the source page displays '$1,590 raised' but the visible donations from Austin Chen ($1,000) and Anton Makiievskyi ($1,000) total $2,000. The date field (2023-07-10) cannot be verified from the source text provided, which shows a 2026 Wayback Machine capture date but no original grant creation date. The record is partially confirmed but incomplete regarding the exact amount and missing date verification.

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Name
Discovering latent goals (mechanistic interpretability PhD salary)
Amount
$1,590
Currency
USD
Date
July 10, 2023
Notes
[Technical AI safety] 6-month salary for interpretability research focusing on probing for goals and "agency" inside large language models

Source evidence

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partial95%Haiku 4.5 · 4/14/2026

NoteThe source confirms the grant name, grantee (Lucy Farnik), funder (Manifund), and that it is a grant. However, the amount field shows a discrepancy: the source page displays '$1,590 raised' but the visible donations from Austin Chen ($1,000) and Anton Makiievskyi ($1,000) total $2,000. The date field (2023-07-10) cannot be verified from the source text provided, which shows a 2026 Wayback Machine capture date but no original grant creation date. The record is partially confirmed but incomplete regarding the exact amount and missing date verification.

Case № wmV65ZjA1LFiled 4/14/2026Confidence 95%