Matt Sharp

Tech/AI policy & strategy. PhD @LSEnews. Prev @BlavatnikSchool @WorldBank @McKinsey 🇿🇦🏃‍ Opinions my own

[Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative @aigioxford]

Our new paper explores “agentic inequality”, the potential disparities in power, opportunity, and outcomes stemming from unequal access to, and capabilities of, AI agents. We examine the dual potential of this technology and outline a research agenda. https://t.co/biX8niDeLa

[Noam Brown @polynoamial]

Today, we at @OpenAI achieved a milestone that many considered years away: gold medal-level performance on the 2025 IMO with a general reasoning LLM—under the same time limits as humans, without tools. As remarkable as that sounds, it’s even more significant than the headline 🧵

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Increasingly think this might be the most important chart in the world right now

[Dario Amodei @DarioAmodei]

Machines of Loving Grace: my essay on how AI could transform the world for the better

https://t.co/CFGd4Sbq86

[David Turver @7Kiwi]

New data out from the Government today. The UK has the most expensive industrial electricity prices in the world. 4X those in the US and 46% above the IEA median. (1/3)

[Anton Korinek @akorinek]

1/ 📊 New @NBERpubs paper alert! 🚨 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜: How will Artificial General Intelligence reshape our economic paradigm? Exploring the next big shift in factors of production. #AGIEconomics at https://t.co/6XcNfs355K

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

One of the most striking charts this year:

China’s startup ecosystem has almost completely collapsed in the last 5 years.

[Kane Emerson @KaneEmerson]

Research from Helsinki shows how building more market-rate housing can benefit low and middle-income residents.

Let's break down the "moving chains" and why this matters for housing policy! 🏘️🔬

[Sam Dumitriu @Sam_Dumitriu]

Immigrants are disproportionately likely to have founded one of Britain's fastest growing businesses.

I recommend this new report from @TenThinkTank which explains how Britain can attract more foreign born job creators.

https://t.co/BrnQ2Q5pGq

[Michael Clemens @m_clem]

This fake “graph” shown by a US presidential candidate at every rally is a sad lie about immigration.

The new Administration’s policies began in February 2021, not March 2020—obviously.

People lie to conceal. So what is this candidate’s lie sweating to conceal? Thread —>

[Eva Vivalt @evavivalt]

We are happy to release the first results of a RCT of a US program that provided $1,000/month unconditionally for 3 years to 1,000 individuals in the treatment group, with a group of 2,000 people receiving $50/month serving as the control.

These are sizable transfers. 1/ 🧵

[Yohan @yohaniddawela]

Internet access unlocks economic and educational opportunities.

Using (free) geospatial data, we can now identify which areas lack internet access at super granular levels.

Here's the breakdown:

[Anton Korinek @akorinek]

1/5 🌐 As 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, we're on the brink of 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲. What does this mean for financial stability and for the real economy? We explore this future in a new BIS Working Paper:
📈 https://t.co/YtG4wjM630 🔍

[Matt Clifford @matthewclifford]

I’m actually very bullish on the UK’s mid-term future:
1. AI: one of the best places in the world to build AI companies + high state capacity in AI relative to peers
2. Science: great uni base, plus bold bets like ARIA

[Allan Dafoe @AllanDafoe]

As we push the boundaries of AI, it's critical that we stay ahead of potential risks.
I'm thrilled to announce @GoogleDeepMind's Frontier Safety Framework - our approach to analyzing and mitigating future risks posed by advanced AI models. 1/N https://t.co/amf028ZYaK

[NBER @nberpubs]

A theoretical and empirical guide to the emerging literature on social protection systems in low- and middle-income countries, from Abhijit Banerjee, @rema_nadeem, @ben_olken, and @dianasver https://t.co/WjM901WQSs

[Alexander Berger @albrgr]

After @gamblingondev went on the @CCIdotCity podcast (https://t.co/BmWbqjhUYQ) we commissioned him to write something for us about what philanthropists should do to promote catchup economic growth: https://t.co/h7hFUpGjWu

Excited this is finally out, worth a read!

[Matt Sharp @mattjsharp]

Using Sora, so dreamy 🤯

[Dreaming Tulpa 🥓👑 @dreamingtulpa]

@shykids 2) @paultrillo (featured multiple times on https://t.co/41btAZZwwa)

[Bill Peebles @billpeeb]

"a giant cathedral is completely filled with cats. there are cats everywhere you look. a man enters the cathedral and bows before the giant cat king sitting on a throne."

Video generated by Sora.

[Neil Lee @ndrlee]

Great paper on Help to Buy by Carozzi, Hilber, and Yu - but a sorry tale of UK policy

It was obvious the subsidy would be capitalised into house prices, they told the government it would be, and - guess what! - it was capitalised into house prices

https://t.co/sFBrKO6Zkf