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March 11, 2026
Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight
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TL;DR
- Anthropic is launching the Anthropic Institute to research AI's large-scale implications.
- Cofounder Jack Clark will lead the new institute, moving from head of public policy to head of public benefit.
- Sarah Heck will lead the public policy team, which will focus on national security, AI infrastructure, energy, and democratic leadership in AI.
- The Anthropic Institute will combine existing teams focused on societal impacts, AI system stress-testing, and economic research.
- The company is suing the US government after being blacklisted by the Pentagon, which could impact its clients' work with the Department of Defense.
- Anthropic expects powerful AI (AGI) to arrive by the end of 2024 or early 2027.
- The institute will also research people's emotional dependence on AI and conduct large-scale social science research.
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