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Anthropic has announced a public initiative called 'Hard Questions' inviting people to submit their most pressing concerns about AI's effects on jobs, society, families, and scientific progress. The initiative builds on prior large-scale public research including a 52,000-person U.S. survey (Anthropic Public Record), an 81,000-user global survey via Anthropic Interviewer, and in-person focus groups. Anthropic commits to publicly tracking and reporting actions taken in response to submitted questions, framing this as part of its Public Benefit Corporation mission. The initiative also introduces the Anthropic Institute as an internal research effort focused on AI's societal challenges.
Anthropic is establishing The Anthropic Institute, a new interdisciplinary research body led by co-founder Jack Clark in his new role as Head of Public Benefit. The Institute consolidates and expands three existing Anthropic teams—Frontier Red Team, Societal Impacts, and Economic Research—to study AI's effects on economies, jobs, governance, and legal systems. Notable founding hires include Matt Botvinick (AI and rule of law), Anton Korinek (transformative AI economics), and Zoë Hitzig (AI social/economic impacts). Anthropic is simultaneously expanding its Public Policy organization and opening a Washington DC office.