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QURI has released an early version of Squiggle AI. This tool utilizes large language models (LLMs) to write and debug Squiggle code, enabling the creation of Fermi estimates and cost-effectiveness models. It's free and& open-source.
How can you navigate uncertainty when trying to create impact? Read a brief explainer about Rethink Priorities’ approach with select examples from their work.
The organization’s recent publications include:
The Good Food Institute is excited to announce they've established GFI Japan as a new nonprofit organization. GFI Japan joins GFI’s global network of hubs of Singapore, India, Israel, Europe, Brazil and the United States, working together to accelerate food innovation around the world.
See more on GFI Japan's website, which hosts their existing and future Japanese language resources.
The Humane League (THL) released their inaugural Fair and Fowl: Global Companies Report — a comprehensive ranking of all companies with global cage-free commitments. The data-backed findings show that the global cage-free movement continues to make significant progress to spare hens from extreme suffering, and will be used to pressure “bad eggs” that have fallen behind on their global cage-free commitments. Already, 13 companies, including Unilever, Marriott, and Dairy Queen, reported global progress toward their cage-free commitments. As a result, an estimated 677,000 hens have already been spared from cages in 2024.
80,000 Hours released several updates to their problem rankings, including an update to their profile on factory farming and a new profile on understanding the moral status of digital minds.
They also released two new parts of their biosecurity anonymous answers series:
On the 80,000 Hours Podcast, Luisa interviewed:
The European Commission is working on its first AI Code of Practice under the AI Act. The Code of Practice is expected to have a profound impact on how AI is used across Europe and may also influence similar policy documents in other countries. Anima International contributed to the public consultation on this policy to ensure that animals’ interests are represented, and mobilized 16 other EU-based animal advocacy organizations to co-sign. Anima International is also among the five organizations and individuals from the animal advocacy space accepted in the working groups for the drawing up of the Code of Practice.
Additionally, a new investigation from Anima International in Poland once again exposed the intense suffering of chickens raised for meat.
Poland is the largest poultry producer in the European Union, with over 1.5 billion broiler chickens raised annually. The footage was captured by an employee working for a producer raising over 12 million chickens per year. It depicts the horrific yet all-too-common conditions that animals endure on factory farms.
The investigation aired on Poland’s leading investigative journalism TV show (with an average viewership of 842,000), bringing the topic back into mainstream discourse. With this publication, Anima International aims to pressure producers into dialogue about reforming production.
Sawyer Bernath will be stepping down as BERI’s Executive Director on November 15th. After more than five years at BERI, he will be starting as Head of Operations for Tarbell, which promotes high-impact journalism on AI. Elizabeth Cooper (BERI’s current Deputy Director) will be taking on the role of Executive Director.
BERI is now accepting applications for a new Deputy Director. They are offering a $2,000 reward to anyone who refers a candidate who is hired. Referrals can be submitted to [email protected].
Giving Green hosted a panel at Climate Week NYC with over 110 attendees, featuring panelists Jamie Beard of Project InnerSpace, Bruce Friedrich of The Good Food Institute, and Dominique Thomas of Industrious Labs.
Giving Green's new climate charity recommendations will be released at the end of October. The best way to hear about them is to sign up for Giving Green's newsletter.
Alongside USAID and UNICEF, Open Philanthropy launched the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future — a collaboration of more than fifty countries and organizations focused on creating a lead-free future for children in low- and middle-income countries.
As part of the partnership, Open Philanthropy also launched the Lead Exposure Action Fund, a $100m+ collaborative fund that makes strategic grants to measure, mitigate, and mainstream lead exposure.
Open Phil CEO Alexander Berger and USAID Administrator Samantha Power [co-wrote] a Washington Post op-ed about the launch of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future. The launch was also covered by NPR, Vox, and Bloomberg.
James Snowden, who manages Open Philanthropy's grantmaking on lead exposure, spoke about the organization's commitment to addressing the problem at a Devex event on the sidelines of the 2024 UN General Assembly.
Inside Philanthropy profiled the philanthropic giving of Cari Tuna and Dustin Moskovitz, Open Philanthropy's chief funders.
