Anthropic has committed $200 million to the Economic Futures Research Fund to support external research on interventions that prepare society for the economic impacts of AI. The fund aims to build an evidence base on programs that make the economy more flexible, ensure AI benefits are shared broadly, and minimize harm from disruption.
- Prioritizing five areas: shaping workplace impact, equipping workers for transitions, modernizing income support, building worker stakes in growth, and generating evidence on public investments.
- Funding large-scale randomized control trials (RCTs) or ambitious pilots, primarily in the $5-30 million range, with a minimum grant of $1 million.
- Welcoming proposals from accredited universities, independent research institutes, and nonprofits capable of running field experiments at scale.
- Focusing on global impact despite US-centric origins, seeking partners willing to share learnings publicly at key milestones.
This initiative evolves Anthropic's previous Economic Futures program by shifting focus to larger grants where high impact is possible, addressing the need for empirical evidence on AI-driven economic changes.