Carnegie Mellon University — Robust AI Unlearning Techniques

Organization:
Carnegie Mellon University
Award Date:
05/2025
Amount:
$584,108
Purpose:
To fund Virginia Smith and Steven Wu at Carnegie Mellon University as well as two PhD students for research on robust unlearning.

Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $584,108 over two years to Carnegie Mellon University to support the development of robust unlearning techniques for AI. This research will be led by Professors Virginia Smith and Steven Wu.

This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to technical AI safety research. This falls within Open Philanthropy’s focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.

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