If it is in our power to prevent something very bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything morally significant,” Singer argues, “we ought, morally, to do it.” This is the idea behind ...

Anthropic has been fighting to convince the Trump administration it isn’t “woke” – but that could be an uphill battle thanks ...

A network of donors skeptical of AI is paying to insert reporters in major newsrooms who go on to amplify their concerns ...

Among the wealthiest proponents of effective altruism is Dustin Moskovitz, who co-founded Facebook and makes charitable giving decisions with his wife, Cari Tuna. Effective altruism is an intellectual ...

The Horizon Institute for Public Service has placed fellows at influential think tanks and government offices across ...

Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall as head of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX has dragged a reluctant co-star into the spotlight — effective altruism. As an ardent advocate of the movement, Bankman-Fried ...

Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement concerned with finding the most effective ways to make the world a better place, according to Graeme McDonough, a junior on the Effective ...

President Joe Biden, watched over by Vice President Kamala Harris, as he signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence last October that he said provides a set of guardrails for AI ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on Aug. 25, 2022, in Texas. Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images One of the ways tech billionaire Elon Musk attracts supporters is the ...

Philosopher Peter Singer’s appearance at UC Berkeley last Thursday set off an immediate backlash from students and staff, who ...