Anthropic commits $200M to research fund studying AI's impact on employment and economy
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Quirino Mealha
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Summary
Anthropic, creator of the Claude AI model, has committed $200 million (€173mn) to an "Economic Futures Research Fund" studying AI's impact on jobs and the economy, plus a $150mn (€130mn) fellowship program. The company also released a policy roadmap suggesting governments should prepare for potential mass unemployment, with the CEO proposing taxes on AI firms could fund universal basic income in the future.
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The money will go to what the company calls the 'Economic Futures Research Fund', which will back research trials and evaluations of public policies the firm considers promising
Anthropic is also creating a $150mn (€130mn) fellowship programme that it says will help early-career professionals spread AI's benefits to communities
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