Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight
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Anthropic is launching an internal think tank, the Anthropic Institute, to research AI's large-scale impacts like jobs, safety, and control, amid Pentagon conflicts and C-suite changes.
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Amid a weekslong conflict with the Pentagon, resulting in a blacklist and a lawsuit, Anthropic is shaking up its C-suite and research initiatives. The company announced Wednesday that it's launching a new internal think tank, called the Anthropic Institute, that combines three of Anthropic's current research teams. It will focus on researching AI's large-scale implications, such as "what happens to jobs and economies, whether AI makes us safer or introduces new dangers, how its values might shape ours, and whether we can retain control," per the company.
The news comes with C-suite changes, too. Anthropic cofounder Jack Clark is moving int …