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Anthropic recruits army to sell Claude to nonprofits
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Key facts
- The AI biz has announced the launch of Claude Corps, a $150 million program that will pay 1,000 Claude Corps Fellows $85,000 (plus benefits and a token budget) for one year to help advance
- Some 400 nonprofits are expected to host Claude Corps Fellows over the next 12 months, including Braven (job prep for low-income students), Code the Dream (coding education), and Heartland Forward
- AI may or may not be pushing lots of people out of the workforce, but Anthropic has good news as the Claude creator is creating temporary positions to promote the adoption of AI, even as CEO Dario
- The 12-month-long fellowships begin with "intensive training on using Claude in non-profit settings," augmented by five hours of additional training each week
Summary
AI may or may not be pushing lots of people out of the workforce, but Anthropic has good news as the Claude creator is creating temporary positions to promote the adoption of AI, even as CEO Dario Amodei ponders policy interventions to counter "job displacement. The AI biz has announced the launch of Claude Corps, a $150 million program that will pay 1,000 Claude Corps Fellows $85,000 (plus benefits and a token budget) for one year to help advance the missions of nonprofit organizations using generative AI. Meanwhile, the tech industry continues to take on debt to build datacenters while balancing its books by shedding employees. Anthropic's program debuts alongside the publication of Amodei's latest musing about his optimism "that, even in a world with AIs that are better than everyone at everything, humans can live lives of deep purpose and strive to build awe-inspiring and beautiful things.