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TechCrunch, 2025-01-19; retrieved 2026-09-14 tier 4 press (primary)confirmed

AI benchmarking organization criticized for waiting to disclose funding from OpenAI

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/19/ai-benchmarking-organization-criticized-for-waiting-to-disclose-funding-from-openai

Primarily Open Philanthropy funded; disclosure timing. Cited from a search snippet; not re-fetched in full. [verify 2026-09-15] fetched; page reachable, citation matches

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  • Epoch AI, R (against): Contributors were not told the funder; disclosure came after the fact.
  • Epoch AI, M (for): Rigorous public data on compute, training runs and capability trends.
  • Epoch AI, F (for): Primarily philanthropically funded (Open Philanthropy).“Epoch AI, a nonprofit primarily funded by Open Philanthropy”
  • Epoch AI, G (for): Nonprofit.“Epoch AI, a nonprofit primarily funded by Open Philanthropy”
  • Epoch AI, P (for): No lab roles found.
  • Epoch AI, X (for): No commercial products.

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