ARC
ALIGNMENT RESEARCH CENTER (ARC). What it was engaged to test, on what terms, what it found in the document's own words, and what happened afterwards. Every line is a record; every record links to the document it was read from.
- Foundednot stated
- HQnot stated
- Registry idEIN 86-3605182
- Testsalignment-theory nonprofit; executive director and president Paul Christiano; board Christiano, Buck Shlegeris, Ben Hoskin; its evaluations team became METR
- Money, as the roster puts itnot stated
- Filesdossier · observatory, sliced to it · graph
- Labs tested
- no lab document names it
- Models
- no model named
- Span of engagements
- none dated
- Terms and findings
- 0 of 0 documents state a term · 0 quote a finding
- Money in, US dollars, stated single-recipient rows
- $7,138,000 5 in · 0 outfrom Coefficient Giving · Survival and Flourishing Fund
- Seats, by side
- evaluator 4 between 1 5 people: Beth Barnes, Buck Shlegeris, Holden Karnofsky, Kyle Scott, Paul Christiano
- Afterwards
- staff move 2
Each count is the number of store records that name this evaluator. An engagement is one lab document naming it for one model; an outcome is an event on the record afterwards; the money, seats and moves are the observatory's rows filtered to it. A cell that cannot be filled says not stated, and each table ends with how many of its rows state each field.
Filters combine: any of the values ticked within a dimension, all of the dimensions at once. A table that has no column for a dimension you have set says so instead of showing rows that cannot match. The address bar carries the slice.
What it was engaged to test 0 engagements
In date order, each from the lab document that names the evaluator. Under each: the four terms that document states (access, model stage, publication, payment) and the finding in its words. A term the document is silent on reads not stated; the tags beside the terms are read off their words and are what the console filters on.
No lab document on record names this evaluator for a model.
Dated 0 of 0Model named 0 of 0Terms stated 0 of 0Finding quoted 0 of 0
The terms, as the documents state them
The same engagements as a grid, one row per document and model, so the silences line up: a document that gives an access window but no payment term, or a finding but no publication term, reads that way here.
| Document | Model | Access window | Model stage | Publication | Payment | Finding | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no engagement on record | |||||||
Access window 0 of 0Model stage 0 of 0Publication 0 of 0Payment 0 of 0Finding, quoted 0 of 0
What happened afterwards 2 on record
Events a party published after an engagement: an incident on a model this evaluator's engagement covered, a correction or added disclosure, a later finding that cut against an earlier one, a lab's statement that it acted or did not act on the finding, or a move from this evaluator to a lab it graded. A row the source attaches to this evaluator by name is marked named; one that reaches it through the model it tested is marked via the model. The kind is what the record states, not why.
| Kind | Developer | Model | What the record states | When | Source | Id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| staff movenamed · reported | Anthropic | no model named | Holden Karnofsky: ARC board (to Apr 2023) -> Anthropic (technical staff, Jan 2025, reported) | Jan 2025 | EA Forum; Fortune | fca6706722 |
| staff movenamed | OpenAI | no model named | Paul Christiano: ARC; US AI Safety Institute (Apr 2024); CAISI senior technical adviser; back to ARC as executive director (Aug 2026) -> OpenAI Foundation board (9 Sep 2026)Engagements: 63740c1c85, aef969d687 | 9 Sep 2026 | NIST; OpenAI Foundation; ARC | 47b741082c |
Dated 2 of 2Model named 0 of 2Tied to an engagement 1 of 2Evaluator named by the record 2 of 2
The money on record 5 rows · $7,138,000 in, stated single-recipient rows
Rows of the observatory's money table that name this evaluator as recipient (in) or as funder (out), each as the record states it: a grant table line, a contract notice, a Form 990 schedule or the party's own disclosure. A figure quoted in prose is marked and never summed.
| Direction | Funder | Recipient | Amount, as recorded | When | Record | Source | Id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in | Coefficient Giving | ARC | $265,000$265,000 (Mar 2022) | Mar 2022 | grant database | Coefficient Giving | 24020f82d0 |
| in | Coefficient Giving | ARC | $1,250,000$1,250,000 over two years (Nov 2022)over two years | Nov 2022 | grant database | Coefficient Giving | a151c338fc |
| in | Survival and Flourishing Fund | ARC | $2,179,000$2,179,000 (2022-H2) | 2022-H2 | grant database | SFF-2022-H2; SFF-2023-H1; SFF-2024 | d77fe32fcc |
| in | Survival and Flourishing Fund | ARC | $3,247,000$3,247,000 for the Evals Team (2023-H1)for the Evals Team | 2023-H1 | grant database | SFF-2022-H2; SFF-2023-H1; SFF-2024 | 88aee8f189 |
| in | Survival and Flourishing Fund | ARC | $197,000$197,000 (2024) | 2024 | grant database | SFF-2022-H2; SFF-2023-H1; SFF-2024 | a40cdb0887 |
Amount stated 5 of 5Dated 5 of 5Purpose stated 2 of 5Funder profiled 5 of 5Recipient on the roster 5 of 5
Seats and moves 5 seats · 4 moves
Seats read off a team page, a governance page, an appointment notice or a filing that name this organization, and the dated moves into or out of it, from the observatory's own tables.
| Person | Side | Seat, as the record states it | Role | Dates | Source | Id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beth Barnesslice | evaluator | Founder and CEO, METR (Dec 2023); led ARC Evals from 2022names this evaluator alongside its own organization | Founder and CEO | Dec 2023 – current, as read | METR; METR, 19 Sep 2023; AXRP 34 | e92f2f3f06 |
| Buck Shlegerisslice | evaluator | board member, Alignment Research Center | board member | dates not stated | ARC | ede863b9d0 |
| Paul Christianoslice | evaluator | Founder and executive director, Alignment Research Center, from which METR spun out | Founder and executive director | dates not stated | ARC; METR, 19 Sep 2023 | 3b139b8428 |
| Holden Karnofskyslice | evaluator | Board, Alignment Research Center, to Apr 2023 | Boardformer | – Apr 2023 | ProPublica | 0f3e9faea4 |
| Kyle Scottslice | between | Treasurer, Alignment Research Center | Treasurer | dates not stated | Palisade; ARC | f4ef777b22 |
Role read 5 of 5Organization read 5 of 5Organization profiled 5 of 5Dated 2 of 5
Moves
| Person | From | To | When | Source | Id | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beth Barnesslice | OpenAI | → | Alignment Research Center (ARC Evals), then METR | Summer 2022; Dec 2023 | AXRP 34; METR | 208503bfc8 |
| Paul Christianoslice | OpenAI (2017 to 2021) | → | ARC; US AI Safety Institute (Apr 2024); CAISI senior technical adviser; back to ARC as executive director (Aug 2026); OpenAI Foundation board (9 Sep 2026) | 2021 to Sep 2026 | NIST; OpenAI Foundation; ARC | 30fdcfdee3 |
| Kyle Scottslice | METR (Operations Manager) | → | Palisade Research board; ARC Treasurer | by 2026 | Palisade; ARC | 7a4af92c25 |
| Holden Karnofskyslice | Open Philanthropy (co-CEO, to 29 Apr 2024); ARC board (to Apr 2023) | → | Anthropic (technical staff, Jan 2025, reported) | 2024 to 2025 | EA Forum; Fortune | 70aff7d6b7 |
From profiled 4 of 4To profiled 4 of 4Person profiled 4 of 4Dated 4 of 4
Filings
- IRS (via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer) 86-3605182: FY2024 read 2026-10-14ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer c1424a216d