individual · Manifund
AI safety adjacent
| AI Safety Tactical Opportunities Fund | $120,890 | 81% | 1 |
| Marcus Abramovitch | $24,110 | 16% | 1 |
| Ryan Kidd | $2,500 | 2% | 1 |
| Austin Chen | $2,500 | 2% | 1 |
Marcus Abramovitch · Manifund · full post · Dec 24, 2025
Isolating CBRN Knowledge in LLMs for Safety - Phase 2 (Research), Dec 2025
Read more ▾Show less ▴Emptying the rest of my Manifold balance for now into this and planning to give more. I hope this gets the full $150k required.
After a ~45 min call with Krishna, I was very impressed with how clear she was communicating what she was doing, why she was doing it and the metrics for results she had. Furthermore, she had good reasons for wanting this work to be done outside of a major lab.
Furthermore, I think this is a very promising plausible safety feature to combat CBRN risk from models, isolate the part of them that knows about it while keeping the remainder of capabilities intact.
Overall, I found Krishna to be very smart. In my brief conversation with her mentor Alec from a while ago, I also think he has great insights.
I don't really have major reservations here. I think this grant will be similar to my grant to Joseph Bloom of a couple years ago.
| Date ↓ | Funder | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | AI Safety Tactical Opportunities Fund | Manifund | $120,890 | AI × bio | manifund | Isolating CBRN Knowledge in LLMs for Safety - Phase 2 (Research) |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Ryan Kidd | Manifund | $2,500 | AI × bio | manifund | Isolating CBRN Knowledge in LLMs for Safety - Phase 2 (Research) |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Marcus Abramovitch | Manifund | $24,110 | AI × bio | manifund | Isolating CBRN Knowledge in LLMs for Safety - Phase 2 (Research) |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Austin Chen | Manifund | $2,500 | AI × bio | manifund | Isolating CBRN Knowledge in LLMs for Safety - Phase 2 (Research) |