Anthropic said that 5% of its shares will go into a new “public benefit fund.” Elon Musk, meanwhile, announced he’ll give every U.S. kid a share in SpaceX next year.
Folks from AI startups, Big Tech, research nonprofits and activist groups gathered to hash out ideas for preventing the collapse of civilization over chips and cookies.
A federal judge gave final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors whose books were used to train its AI chatbot Claude, with individual authors receiving roughly $3,000 per work after fees.
Companies and political figures have all broached the idea of the public having an ownership stake in AI companies through a sovereign wealth fund — both to share the benefits of the technology and counter growing angst.
Three companies with trillion-dollar-plus valuations are expected to go public in quick succession. New rules mean major stock indexes are fast-tracking their inclusion, triggering mandatory buying from the index funds that dominate American retirement accounts.
The company, known for taking a stricter safety stance as it developed its artificial intelligence tools, said it failed to convince competitors to do the same.
The new plug-ins automate functions in sales, legal, and financial analytics — and directly compete with enterprise software from firms like Salesforce and Intuit.
