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Anthropic has said it will commit 5% of its shares to a fund for the “public good”, as the AI developer behind the Claude chatbot seeks to bolster its appeal before its stock market listing.
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developer → say → listing
The company announced it would commit the shares, worth around $48bn (£36bn) at its latest valuation in May, subject to shareholder approval.
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it → announce → approval
It will add a further 2% of its stock to the fund for every 50% increase in its value above an undisclosed baseline.
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It → add → baseline
The fund will allow Anthropic to “explore large donations to traditional nonprofits or direct distributions to specific populations”
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Anthropic → allow → populations
, the company said.
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company → say → ?
The move comes amid growing public nervousness about AI, from the threat to human labour to the impact on the environment and its influence on social behaviours.
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move → come → behaviours
“AI may generate enormous economic value, but it could also cause instability for many workers,” Anthropic wrote in a blogpost.
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Anthropic → generate → blogpost
It said that while it had already committed $200m to addressing the issue, “given the pace of AI progress, bolder approaches may be needed.
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approaches → say → progress
The fund will have the versatility to pursue them.”
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fund → have → them
The company, which is preparing to list on the stock market, has called for a slowdown in breakneck development of AI, a warning later echoed by rivals such as OpenAI.
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which → prepare → OpenAI
Anthropic was valued at $965bn in May when it raised $65bn in a funding round.
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it → value → round
The company is reportedly considering a $1.5tn valuation when it floats on the stock market, with an IPO planned for November.
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IPO → consider → November
Last week, Anthropic said some of its AI models could soon become “self-replicating” and find ways to infiltrate internet-connected devices such as smart fridges and automatic vacuum cleaners.
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some → say → fridges
It said that once this happens, the models would be able to power themselves without the need of datacentres.
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models → say → datacentres
Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and founder of SpaceX, responded to Anthropic’s plans for a public benefit fund on social media by pledging to give some of his own shares away.
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Musk → respond → shares
“I recommend giving the shares directly to the public,” he wrote.
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he → give → public
“This is what I will be doing.”
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I → do → what
He later announced: “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America.
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I → announce → America
Shares in SpaceX, which is listed on the Nasdaq in the US, rose by 1% in pre-market trading on Monday.
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which → list → Monday
The company has lost about 9% of its value since it joined the stock market in June.
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it → lose → June
OpenAI, the developer behind ChatGPT, also reportedly engaged in early talks to give a 5% stake in its organisation to the US government.
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OpenAI → engage → government
Anthropic, which was founded in 2021 by seven former OpenAI employees, was established as a public benefit corporation.
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which → found → corporation
It means that all of the company’s directors must balance financial returns with its public interest mission.
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all → mean → mission
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