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Former Fed Chairman Bernanke Joins Anthropic Oversight Trust

Bloomberg Technology
QUICK SUMMARY

Anthropic appointed former Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke to its Long Term Benefit Trust, the independent oversight body meant to hold the company accountable to its public mission.

DETAILED EXPLANATION

Anthropic appointed former Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke to its Long Term Benefit Trust, the independent oversight body meant to hold the company accountable to its public mission. Bernanke, a Nobel laureate in economic sciences who led the Fed from 2006 to 2014 through the 2008 financial crisis, joins existing trustees Neil Buddy Shah, Richard Fontaine, and Mariano-Florentino Cuellar.

All trust members are independent of Anthropic's management and investors, hold no equity, and are compensated only for their time.