Google DeepMind Launches 10 Million Dollar Multi-Agent Safety Research Fund

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Jun 13, 2026

Google DeepMind, Schmidt Sciences, the Cooperative AI Foundation, and ARIA launched a 10 million dollar research fund to study collective behaviors in large-scale multi-agent systems. Researchers can submit proposals for sandboxes, agent network science, infrastructure, and oversight by August 8, 2026. Awardees will be announced in Autumn 2026.

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@GoogleDeepMind2d ago

When millions of AI agents interact with each other, new collective behaviors can emerge. 🌐 Together with @schmidtsciences, @coop_ai, @ARIA_research and supported by @GoogleOrg, we’re launching a $10M research fund to help understand how AI systems behave as a group. → https://t.co/mN6fZBmnmo

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