“My research goal is to make agentic systems simultaneously more capable, more trustworthy, and more efficient.”In their own words: ryanzhumich.github.io
Associate professor of computer science and engineering at Penn State and NLP researcher; led Open Philanthropy-funded work on mitigating sandbagging, where AI models downplay their capabilities to evaluators.
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Received $166k from 1 funder
Checked 27 Oct 2026
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- Coefficient Giving$166k
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1 grant totalling $166k, newest first.
2025 1 grant · $166k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $166k | Work to Mitigate AI Agent Sandbagging (Rui Zhang) source |