“Announcing the Corrigibility Research Fund” by Max Harms

TLDR: I'm managing a new fund, housed at Lightcone Infrastructure, that will award at least $200,000 in grants and prizes for corrigibility research in 2026. Roughly half will go to traditional grants (first application deadline August 23rd) and half for prizes recognizing excellent work done this year. If you have interest in working on corrigibility, now is a good time to start! Apply via email: [email protected] Why this fund exists When I first dived into AI safety and alignment in 2009, the field was basically nonexistent. I've been relieved and gratified to see attention and funding grow, especially in the past few years. But even now, nearly all AI safety funding goes to evals, control, or interpretability. Work on alignment itself still remains deeply neglected, and it's only through alignment research that the core problems get solved. At this year's LessOnline I was talking about this dynamic with Peter McCluskey, particularly around our shared interest in corrigibility. In the wake of that conversation, Peter, being a long-time patron of alignment work, directed a portion of his philanthropy towards launching this fund, with the goal of increasing the amount of corrigibility research happening around the world. Lightcone Infrastructure agreed to [...] ---Outline:(00:42) Why this fund exists(01:41) Why corrigibility(04:19) What counts as corrigibility research(06:26) Grants and prizes(09:00) How to apply(09:40) Miscellaneous fine print(10:37) Hope The original text contained 5 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: July 17th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FBqe5dt8ZjaHN4Xj9/announcing-the-corrigibility-research-fund --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.