Supporting ambitious external research through the Anthropic Economic Futures Research Fund

Anthropic has established the Economic Futures Research Fund with a $200 million commitment to support external research on preparing society for the economic impacts of AI. The fund will prioritize five key research areas, including shaping AI’s impact on workers, equipping individuals for transitions, modernizing income support, building worker stakes in AI-driven growth, and generating evidence on public investments. Anthropic aims to fund ambitious, creative pilots and large-scale randomized control trials to build an evidence base for adaptation in the face of AI-driven economic transformation.

• Anthropic is committing $200 million to the Economic Futures Research Fund to support external research on AI’s economic impacts.
• The fund will focus on interventions to make the economy more flexible and resilient, ensure AI benefits are shared, and minimize harm from disruption.
• Five priority research areas include AI’s impact on workers, equipping people for transitions, modernizing income support, building worker stakes in growth, and public investment evidence.
• The fund seeks ambitious, creative pilots and large-scale randomized control trials, prioritizing projects in the $5-30 million range.
• Proposals are accepted from accredited universities, research institutes, policy organizations, and nonprofits with a track record in field experiments.
• The fund is global, though initial directions may appear US-centric, and seeks partners willing to share learnings publicly.
• Key research areas include field experiments on AI integration designs, evaluations of retraining and job placement, modernizing unemployment insurance, and piloting pre-distributive capital accounts.
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