Anthropic pledges 5 percent of stock to public benefit initiative

Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company, has pledged 5 percent of its shares to a newly created public benefit fund ahead of an anticipated initial public offering. The Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, structured as a wholly owned entity, is designed to shape long-term AI safety and societal safeguards independent of commercial pressures. The move represents an unusual corporate governance structure as the AI firm prepares for a stock market debut.