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0 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Musk pledges a share of his SpaceX company to 'every kid in America'
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Musk → pledge → America
Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America” next year
Elon Musk on Monday pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America” next year.
The offer arrived a day after artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced in a social media post that it will commit 5% of its shares to a new “public benefit” fund.
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it → pledge → fund
In a response to that Sunday post, Musk wrote, “I recommend giving the shares directly to the public.”
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I → write → public
Shares of SpaceX, which will report its quarterly earnings on Tuesday, closed at $146.03 on Friday.
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which → report → Friday
With approximately 73 million children under the age of 18 in the United States, that would put the value of Musk's pledge at about $10.66 billion.
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that → put → billion
Anthropic said Sunday that the shares it is committing will go to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new entity within the company.
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it → say → company
The fund's worth will potentially increase as the shares grow in value.
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shares → increase → value
Musk did not provide further details on how his share pledge will be carried out, but did add in his post that “This will be the first of many.”
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This → provide → many
The announcements by Musk and Anthropic arrive as Americans grow increasingly wary of AI.
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Americans → arrive → AI
A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that most Americans, 64%, think AI is developing “too fast,” while 27% say its development has been “about right” and only 8% say it’s moving “too slow.”
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it → find → Research
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, SpaceXAI’s Musk and other prominent industry leaders said last month that AI’s development needs to slow down.
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development → say → ?
The consensus came after an Anthropic researcher resigned with a dire warning about the threats the technology poses to humanity.
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technology → come → humanity
But obstacles including domestic and global competition, profit motivations and pushback from President Donald Trump all stand in the way of a coordinated effort to pace AI’s development.
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obstacles → include → development
Musk has quietly become the biggest known donor in this year’s midterm elections, doling out more than $276 million since July to try to save Republican majorities in Congress.
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Musk → become → Congress
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and the company’s five other cofounders established Anthropic as a public benefit corporation, a designation that for-profit companies select to balance financial goals and social impact.
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companies → establish → goals
Anthropic is planning a massive initial public offering as soon as November.
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Anthropic → plan → November
In June the company said that it had submitted a confidential filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its proposed IPO.
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it → say → IPO
That same month, Musk's SpaceX made its Wall Street debut as a publicly traded company and made Musk the world's first trillionaire.
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Musk → make → company
Shares of SpaceX are down 35.3% since peaking days after that initial public offering, however, meaning Musk is a billionaire.
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Musk → peak → offering