SpaceX, Anthropic plan to share wealth with the public amid concern AI could trigger job losses

Two artificial intelligence leaders have said they are ready to share some of the wealth the new technology is generating with the public. Amid growing anxiety that AI could replace people in many jobs, leaders at Anthropic and SpaceX suggested their companies were ready to set aside billions of the success their technology is generating for children and affected people. Anthropic, the maker of the Claude chatbot, said Sunday that it would put 5% of its shares into a new Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, pending approval from stockholders. Rather than a conventional nonprofit, the fund will be a company-owned limited liability corporation, a setup that Anthropic says allows different kinds of giving. "We are instead directing that equity to the public benefit," the company's statement said.

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