Anthropic is donating another $20 million to Public First Action
Anthropic is contributing an additional $20 million to Public First Action, bringing our total support to $40 million. Announcements Anthropic is donating another $20 million to Public First Action Jul 21, 2026 We're contributing an additional $20 million to Public First Action , bringing our total support to $40 million. Public First Action is a nonpartisan organization that educates the public about AI and works with Republicans, Democrats, and Independents who are serious about putting sensible AI safeguards in place.
Key Takeaways
- Both of our donations were made exclusively to support Public First Action's public education and policy mission, and cannot be used to influence the election of any candidate for federal, state, or local office.
Our first donation in February 2026 was made to help promote policies that will maintain meaningful safeguards, sustain America's AI leadership, and demand transparency from the companies building the most powerful AI models.
- Earlier this year, Claude Mythos Preview discovered thousands of high-severity software vulnerabilities, including some in every major operating system and browser.
We chose to release it to a limited set of cyber defenders through Project Glasswing to enable trusted actors to find and fix those weaknesses before anyone could exploit them.
- We've supported newly passed laws in several states that require greater transparency for AI developers.
But given how fast the capabilities of the most powerful models are advancing, transparency alone is insufficient.
- Frontier AI developers should have to test models that pose catastrophic risk, be transparent to the public about their findings, submit them to independent evaluation, and maintain a robust security program.
As the pace of AI advances accelerates, the national security stakes of AI are growing, as we outlined in 2028: Two Scenarios for Global AI Leadership .
- Our donation to Public First Action is one way in which we're trying to raise the salience of this urgent policy debate.
Stats & Key Facts
- #Anthropic is contributing an additional $20 million to Public First Action, bringing our total support to $40 million.
- #Announcements Anthropic is donating another $20 million to Public First Action Jul 21, 2026 We're contributing an additional $20 million to Public First Action , bringing our total support to $40 million.
- #Our first donation in February 2026 was made to help promote policies that will maintain meaningful safeguards, sustain America's AI leadership, and demand transparency from the companies building the most powerful AI models.
- #As the pace of AI advances accelerates, the national security stakes of AI are growing, as we outlined in 2028: Two Scenarios for Global AI Leadership .
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