Anthropic has launched a $5 million grant program to fund independent research on how AI affects user wellbeing. Grantees will receive direct funding, access to Anthropic models, and technical support. Their work must be published as open-source projects that any developer can use. The company wants better evaluations that clearly define what counts as a pass or fail, involve clinical experts, and test both overcompliance and overrefusal risks. Applications close on September 21, with selected researchers invited to submit full proposals by early October. The goal is to give the wider AI industry shared tools for measuring real impact on people who use the models every day. Research will stay fully independent of Anthropic.
Anthropic has launched a $5 million grant program to fund independent research on how AI affects user wellbeing. Grantees will receive direct funding, access to Anthropic models, and technical support. Their work must be published as open-source projects that any developer can use. The company wants better evaluations that clearly define what counts as a pass or fail, involve clinical experts, and test both overcompliance and overrefusal risks. Applications close on September 21, with selected researchers invited to submit full proposals by early October. The goal is to give the wider AI industry shared tools for measuring real impact on people who use the models every day. Research will stay fully independent of Anthropic.