John Horton

Anthropic forms Economic Advisory Council to guide AI labor market research

Anthropic announced the formation of an Economic Advisory Council comprising ten distinguished economists from institutions including MIT, University of Chicago, Harvard, LSE, and Yale. The council will advise on AI's impact on labor markets, economic growth, and socioeconomic systems, informing the research agenda for Anthropic's Economic Index initiative. The move signals Anthropic's intent to build credible, policy-relevant research infrastructure around AI's economic effects, targeting policymakers and business leaders as an audience.