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Ben Bernanke joins Anthropic AI oversight board
Anthropic says the Long-Term Benefit Trust can appoint board members, and Bernanke becomes one of four members advising on AI’s societal and economic impacts.
Anthropic has added former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke to its independent AI oversight board, the company said Thursday, naming him to the Anthropic Long-Term Benefit Trust.
The Trust is intended to guide the company’s long-term strategy for developing advanced AI, and it has authority to appoint board members as well as advise company leadership on decisions tied to AI’s societal impact, including effects on workforces and the broader economy, according to Decrypt.
Bernanke joins three other members: social entrepreneur Neil Buddy Shah, Richard Fontaine, and Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, bringing the Trust to four members, Decrypt reported.
The appointment arrives as investors and economists debate whether rapid capital inflows into AI resemble speculative excess from prior market booms, Decrypt noted, and it follows a prior episode involving temporary U.S. export controls on Anthropic’s newest models that were later reversed after Anthropic introduced additional safeguards.