July 2026
Brief
Headlines
Updates from the consulting industry + the world's biggest problems
The UN's inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva asked the question: can AI benefit all of humanity safely and fairly? -UN News
AI 2040: Plan A is a new plan for safe superintelligence that calls for a US-China deal to pause frontier AI training until alignment catches up -AI Futures Project
The EU's Livestock Strategy sets a timeline to ban cages for hens and sows and end the culling of male chicks, a potential historic shift for farmed animal welfare -Compassion in World Farming
The US is shifting from foreign aid to cost-sharing health agreements, but not all partner countries may be able to meet the cofinancing demands -Think Global Health
OpenAI gets the green light from the Trump administration to broadly release GPT 5.6 -Axios
Quick wins
Tools and resources to support your career growth
Find out where your giving should go with this quick 4-question quiz -Rethink Priorities
Derisk your pivot into AI safety with a career transition grant -BlueDot Impact
Upskill in AI for animal advocacy with free courses in strategic decision-making, automations, and AI foundations, starting July 20 -Amplify
Explore AI consciousness and digital minds research with this curated collection of resources -A Beginner's Guide to Digital Minds
Calculate the real carbon and water cost of your daily AI use -Andy Masley
Deep reads
Nuanced takes worth your time
The deadliest decision you've never heard of -CFI member Justin Portela for Giving What We Can
What policy hiring managers really want -Launchpad, by Horizon Institute for Public Service
How a small team of activists helped pass America's landmark AI safety laws -80,000 Hours
You get promoted up a firm's ladder. What does it feel like? -POVBiz
To help animals, let's taboo the word "vegan" -Scaled Ambition
Coming up
Events worth changing your Slack status to OOO for
July
- International AIDS Conference, Rio de Janeiro, July 26-31
August
- EAGxBerkeley, August 21-23 (Apply by August 7)
- Create for Good, San Francisco, August 22 (Ticket sales end July 17)
- Compassionate Future Summit Berlin, August 27-31
- EA Summit: Buenos Aires, August 29 (Apply by August 15)
- EAGxSingapore, August 29-30 (Apply by August 15)
- AVPN Global Conference 2026, New Delhi, August 25-27
Jobs
Get paid to help solve the world's most important problems!
- Operations Associate/Manager - CAISH(Apply by July 19)
- Founder, Neglected Animal Issues - Rethink Priorities (Apply by July 19)
- Futures Team Member - The Future of Life Institute(Apply by July 22)
- Multiple Roles, U.S. AI Policy and Public Policy - Coefficient Giving (Apply by July 23)
- Policy Director (Generalist); Policy Director (Office of the CEO); Operations Director (Talent) - Secure AI Project(Apply by July 26)
- Operations Coordinator - Shrimp Welfare Project (Apply by July 31)
- Grants & Operations Associate - Giving What We Can (Apply by August 3)
- Residency Manager - Astera (Rolling)
- Strategy Consultant; Strategic Initiatives (Senior) Manager; CEO's Office Associate - Fortify Health (Rolling)
- Executive Assistant to the CEO - The Nuclear Threat Initiative (Rolling)
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Explore our Network Directory and connect with current consultants and alumni from around the world, all driven to grow their positive impact. Find members at your firm, in your field, or whose career paths might inspire your next move.
