Anthropic launches The Anthropic Institute to study AI’s societal and economic risks
Anthropic launched The Anthropic Institute on March 11, 2026, merging its Frontier Red Team, Societal Impacts, and Economic Research teams under one roof.
Anthropic launched The Anthropic Institute on March 11, 2026, merging its Frontier Red Team, Societal Impacts, and Economic Research teams under one roof.
- Led by co-founder Jack Clark, now Head of Public Benefit (reportedly planned since November).
- Founding hires: Matt Botvinick (ex-Google DeepMind, Yale Law) on AI and rule of law; Anton Korinek (UVA economics professor, on leave) on AI’s economic impact; Zoë Hitzig (ex-OpenAI).
- Sarah Heck (ex-Stripe, White House NSC) leads an expanded Public Policy team focused on model safety, energy, and export controls; a D.C. office opens this spring.
- The institute will study AI’s effects on jobs, economies, cybersecurity, and governance, with plans to grow headcount and expand internationally.
- Launch timing noted against the backdrop of Anthropic’s ongoing dispute with the U.S. Department of Defense over Claude’s use in warfare and surveillance contexts.
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