Surely you're familiar with https://ai.meta.com/research/cicero/diplomacy/ (2022)?

> I wonder who pays the bills of the authors. And your bills, for that matter.

Also, what a weirdly conspiratorial question. There's a prominent "Who are we?" button near the top of the page and it's not a secret what any of the authors did or do for a living.

hmmm I apparently confused it with an RTS, oops.

also it's not conspiratorial to wonder if someone in silicon valley today receives funding through the AI industry lol like half the industry is currently propped up by that hype, probably half the commenters here are paid via AI VC investments