Google.org, Schmidt Sciences, and partners launch a $10 million fund for multi-agent AI safety research
The initiative focuses on coordination challenges in agent ecosystems.
The initiative focuses on coordination challenges in agent ecosystems.
The initiative focuses on coordination challenges in agent ecosystems.
The initiative focuses on coordination challenges in agent ecosystems.

@GoogleDeepMind @schmidtsciences @coop_ai @ARIA_research @Googleorg $10m for emergent behavior? more like a grant to watch ai agents fight in slow motion.
@sebkrier awesome! Congrats
@sebkrier super exciting stuff!
Over the past few months I've been working on a very exciting project: a new $10m fund for research on multi-agent multi-principal AGI safety! Instead of focusing on single agent alignment and centralized control, we're looking to support research focusing on multi-agent settings, mechanism design, cooperative AI, and coordination problems. This is a joint initiative between @GoogleDeepMind, @Googleorg, @schmidtsciences, @coop_ai, and @ARIA_research. Huge thanks to @James_D_Fox, @weballergy, @FranklinMatija, @lrhammond, and @ObadiaAlex for their invaluable work! See: https://deepmind.google/blog/investing-in-multi-agent-ai-safety-research/ Apply: https://schmidtsciences.smapply.io/prog/scaling_ai_safety_for_a_multi_agent_world/
With @schmidtsciences, @coop_ai, @ARIA_research and @Googleorg, we're launching a funding call for multi-agent AI safety. As AI scales, we'll move from models in isolation to complex ecosystems of interacting agents. This creates new risks that we need to solve.
Academic and independent researchers should apply by August 8, 2026. Let's build a safe foundation for a multi-agent future. Read more about the funding call and apply now: https://deepmind.google/blog/investing-in-multi-agent-ai-safety-research
Our funding call focuses on 4 priority areas: (1) Sandboxes & testbeds, (2) The science of agent networks, (3) Strengthening agent infrastructure, and (4) Oversight & control.
@sebkrier Can you clarify the extent to which this is about AGI vs AI Agents? My understanding was that this was about AI agents.
$10MM research fund for multi-agent AI safety -- link to apply below! https://twitter.com/sebkrier/status/2065030790136602967
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