NEWS · RESEARCH · #387
Anthropic launches $5M grant program to fund independent AI wellbeing evaluations
Anthropic is launching a $5 million grant program to fund independent, open-source research into how AI affects user wellbeing; grantees will receive funding, access to Claude models, and technical support and must publish open evaluations. The company published guidance on rigorous wellbeing evaluations and set application deadlines (full applications due Sept 21; shortlisted applicants notified Oct 5).
KEY POINTS
- Anthropic is launching a $5 million grant program to fund independent, open-source research into how AI affects user wellbeing; grantees will receive funding, access to Claude models, and technical support and must publish open evaluations.
- The company published guidance on rigorous wellbeing evaluations and set application deadlines (full applications due Sept 21; shortlisted applicants notified Oct 5).
- Independent, open-source wellbeing evaluations can provide the rigorous, context-aware benchmarks needed to improve model safety and inform industry standards for handling sensitive, multi-turn user interactions.
WHY IT MATTERS
Independent, open-source wellbeing evaluations can provide the rigorous, context-aware benchmarks needed to improve model safety and inform industry standards for handling sensitive, multi-turn user interactions.