GoKawiilNonprofit Trillium Labs launches to publish AI research in the open
Scientists Nathan Lambert and Tom Zick have founded Trillium Labs, a nonprofit aimed at conducting AI research transparently, including on sensitive topics like recursive self-improvement and autonomous agents. The group plans to publish experiment details publicly so outside researchers can study and replicate the work, contrasting with the closed approach of major AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Lambert argues that secrecy among frontier AI labs limits outside scrutiny and slows collective progress on safety, framing open publication as essential to applying scientific methods to AI risk mitigation. This positions Trillium as part of a broader industry debate—alongside open efforts from companies like Xiaomi and Stanford's Marin project—over whether transparency or restricted access better manages the risks of increasingly powerful models.
- Trillium Labs is a new nonprofit founded by Nathan Lambert and Tom Zick focused on open AI research.
- The group intends to publish details of experiments, including on risky areas like recursive self-improvement and agents.
- Its approach contrasts with closed-access models from OpenAI and Anthropic, amid a wider industry split over transparency versus control.
Source: wired.com — Will Knight, 2026-10-02
Published there as: “These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Open”
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