Phil Buchanan
Role at the time: President of the Center for Effective Philanthropy
Statement summary
Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, tells the Associated Press that he welcomes Anthropic's commitment and is hopeful about it. He says he will not get too excited until he sees evidence of what is actually happening.
“I guess I’m hopeful ... but I’m not going to get too excited until I see some evidence of what’s actually happening.”
AP report on Anthropic's and OpenAI's plans to share AI wealth with the public, with comments from philanthropy and accounting experts on the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund and its LLC structure.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Buchanan welcomes the commitment and says he is hopeful, but he withholds judgment until he sees how the fund is used, and he cautions Anthropic against assuming that business expertise carries over to philanthropy. His support depends on what the fund later does, so we used the mixed or conditional label.