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This archive collects public updates from Modeling Cooperation, including software releases, research outputs, grants, progress reports, and selected announcements related to AI competition.
Grant
July 23, 2026
Thanks to a generous donor on Manifund, we raised $26,000 and fulfilled the matching pledge we received from the Survival and Flourishing Fund. SFF will match the donation dollar-for-dollar as general support for Modeling Cooperation. Together, the $52,000 will help us continue building our scenario simulation platform and our research on AI competition dynamics.
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June 25, 2026
We're grateful to have received a $10,000 rapid grant from BlueDot Impact. The grant will cover the LLM API costs of developing AI-controlled players for our scenario simulation platform. These players will take the roles of states and AI companies in workshops, helping facilitators steer the game and improve the learning experience for participants.
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September 12, 2025
We're delighted to once again receive support from Jaan Tallinn via the Survival and Flourishing Fund to continue building our software and conducting our research on AI competition dynamics. In this round, we received a $40,000 grant and a $26,000 matching pledge: SFF will match donations to Modeling Cooperation dollar-for-dollar up to $26,000.
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November 21, 2024
We're happy to share our ninth progress report, covering the first half of 2024. Our focus continues to be on the Intelligence Rising software we build in collaboration with Shahar Avin, so the report highlights the related achievements and roadblocks. It also summarizes updates to our team and future goals.
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May 16, 2024
We're grateful to have received $77,116 from the Foresight Institute for our work with Technology Strategy Roleplay on the software behind Intelligence Rising. The grant will help us maintain and further develop the software.
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March 31, 2024
We're excited to share our eighth progress report, summarizing the second half of 2023. It covers our continued work on the Intelligence Rising software we build in collaboration with Shahar Avin, along with changes to our team, strategy, and future goals since the previous report.
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December 31, 2023
We're happy to share our seventh progress report, focused on the first half of 2023. It summarizes our work on the Intelligence Rising software we build in collaboration with Shahar Avin, explains the roadblocks we encountered, and highlights changes to our team, strategy, and future goals since the previous report.
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March 16, 2023
We're delighted to share our sixth progress report, summarizing the second half of 2022. It covers the launch of the SPT web app we built with Robert Trager, the first release of our Intelligence Rising software built with Shahar Avin, two new team members, and updates to our strategy and goals.
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December 31, 2022
We're excited to share our fifth progress report, covering the first half of 2022. It explains the milestones we reached in our collaborations with other AI governance researchers, the roadblocks we encountered, and updates to our team and future goals.
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December 29, 2022
We're grateful for renewed support from the Survival and Flourishing Fund. The $83,000 grant funded by Jaan Tallinn will help us continue our collaborations with AI governance researchers by building research software tools and conducting research on AI competition dynamics.
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August 4, 2022
In collaboration with Robert Trager, we created an interactive web app implementing the Safety-Performance Tradeoff model. It lets users explore presets, adjust parameters, compare scenarios graphically, and inspect the model's key insights.
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June 18, 2022
We're happy to share our fourth progress report, summarizing the second half of 2021. It covers research software collaborations, our revised Windfall Clause report, the roadblocks we encountered, and updates to our team and future goals.
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January 2, 2022
We're excited to have received support from the Survival and Flourishing Fund for the third time in a row. The $83,000 grant funded by Jaan Tallinn helps us fund the team through 2022 and slightly expand Modeling Cooperation.
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September 19, 2021
We're delighted to share our third progress report, covering the first half of 2021. It highlights our Windfall Clause report, a new collaboration with Robert Trager on a web app, the roadblocks we encountered, and updates to our strategy and goals.
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February 12, 2021
We're happy to share our second progress report, covering the second half of 2020. It summarizes our work and roadblocks, along with changes to our team, strategy, and future goals since the previous report.
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January 19, 2021
We identify three recurring challenges in scientific model implementation: reliability, composability, and sustainability. Our technical overview explains how we address them to support reproducible and accurate models.
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December 9, 2020
We're proud to have received a $74,000 grant from Jaan Tallinn via the Survival and Flourishing Fund to support our work in 2021. It helps us continue our research on AI competition dynamics and make computational approaches less neglected in AI governance.
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November 22, 2020
We released bl.cli, a command-line tool for running Monte Carlo simulations of our model, so anyone can reproduce our results.
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August 9, 2020
We're excited to share our first progress report, focused on the first half of 2020. It introduces the team, explains our strategy, and reviews our accomplishments, roadblocks, and future goals.
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January 7, 2020
We're proud to have secured a $50,000 grant from Jaan Tallinn via the Survival and Flourishing Fund. It will fund the team through 2020 while we continue our research on AI competition dynamics.
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