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DeepMind is an AI research organisation appearing in the retained network through both a historical investment relationship and current support for multi-agent safety research. Future of Life Institute's biography describes Jaan Tallinn as a former DeepMind investor-director; a separate research call names DeepMind among supporting parties considering applications.
The multi-agent call concerns safety in settings where several AI systems interact, and the associated agenda credits DeepMind's Distributional AGI Safety work among its inspirations. Topics include identity, authentication, admission controls and revocation. The public material names joint consideration of applications without disclosing individual contributions, voting arrangements or recusals. The Tallinn biography establishes a historical professional connection with unspecified dates, rather than a current board position or campaign-finance relationship.
DeepMind → Scaling AI Safety for a Multi-Agent World
Joint consideration; voting, recusal and individual contributions not disclosed. DeepMind is the named current brand, not an identified legal grantor or separate cash contribution.
Jaan Tallinn → DeepMind
Historical; dates unspecified
Historical professional connection; no DeepMind campaign transfer established.
Schmidt explicitly credits DeepMind's Distributional AGI Safety work, ARIA's Scaling Trust thesis and CAIF's Multi-Agent Risks from Advanced AI report as inspirations. The agenda includes identity/authentication, admission controls, proof of agent/human credentials, platform vetting and revocation as research topics. It prioritizes strengthening existing infrastructure partly because incumbent protocols may become entrenched. These are concrete agenda choices relevant to the assurance inquiry.
Read the research & sources ↗A September 2022 policy panel hosted by the Center for Data Innovation places him beside FLI's Anthony Aguirre, DeepMind's Alexandra Belias, Hugging Face's Irene Solaiman, and Kai Zenner, then head of office and digital policy adviser to MEP Axel Voss. It is a concrete earlier point of contact with the FLI and European policy worlds. It establishes coappearance, not an alliance or payment. [M01]
Read the research & sources ↗Current operational roles relevant to messaging: Ben Cumming communications director; Maggie Munro communications strategist; Chase Hardin US communications manager; Mark Brakel global policy director; Ben Eisenpress operations director; Andrea Berman grants manager. S11. FLI's Tallinn biography says he is also a CAIS board member, active angel investor and former DeepMind investor-director. That confirms a governance bridge to CAIS, not any campaign coordination or an FLI donation from DeepMind. S12. FLI's Krakovna biography identifies her as a DeepMind AI safety scientist (current undated self-description, no independent employment check). Supplemental source below.
Read the research & sources ↗Jaan Tallinn → Former investor-director → DeepMind
Historical; dates unspecified
Historical professional connection; no DeepMind campaign transfer established.
DeepMind → named joint supporting party considering applications → Scaling AI Safety for a Multi-Agent World
Joint consideration; voting, recusal and individual contributions not disclosed. DeepMind is the named current brand, not an identified legal grantor or separate cash contribution.