The creator of the Claude AI model, Anthropic, has become the latest heavyweight to acknowledge that its own technology could upend the labour market, committing an initial $200 million (€173mn) on Wednesday to research AI's effects on jobs and the wider economy.
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 across the US.
In an essay published on his personal website, CEO Dario Amodei argued that AI could cause labour market disruption far larger and longer-lasting than past technological shifts, and suggested that taxes on AI companies could one day help fund a universal basic income.
"The key challenge in such a world won't be incentivizing growth, but finding a way for everyone to share in the benefits," Amodei wrote, adding that he was not "trying to be a prophet of doom."
