Google DeepMind and partners announce multi-agent safety research funding call.
June 11, 2026 Responsibility & Safety
Investing in multi-agent AI safety research
Google DeepMind, Schmidt Sciences, the Cooperative AI Foundation, ARIA and Google.org
Scaling AI Safety Research for a Multi-Agent World
For the past decade, we’ve focused on making individual AI models more capable, helpful and safe. Today, Google DeepMind — together with Schmidt Sciences, the Cooperative AI Foundation, the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, and supported by Google.org — is announcing a new technical research funding call of up to $10M for researchers worldwide.
As AI technology scales, we’re entering a new era. Soon, millions of AI agents — built by different organizations — will interact across digital environments, communicating, negotiating and transacting with one another.
When these systems interact, they must do so safely and predictably. This shift creates a vital opportunity: we can strengthen the safety and stability of the entire AI ecosystem from...
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