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A research agenda for the Economic Futures Research Fund

Economic Research A research agenda for the Economic Futures Research Fund Jul 22, 2026 We’re sharing the research agenda for the Anthropic Economic Futures Research Fund. We’re committing $200 million to the fund to support ambitious external research on interventions to prepare society for the economic impacts of AI. With the research the Fund supports, we want to study what programs could make the economy more flexible and resilient, ensure the benefits of AI are shared, and minimize the harm that AI-driven disruption could cause. In the fund, we’ll prioritize five research areas: Shaping AI’s impact on workers at the firm and workplace level Equipping people to navigate AI-driven transitions Modernizing income support for AI-driven displacement Building worker stakes in AI-driven growth before disruption arrives Generating new evidence on public investments What is the fund? AI capabilities continue to improve. But we don’t yet know how quickly AI will diffuse throughout the economy while also becoming more capable, and what the economic effects will be. In our Economic Policy Framework (EPF), published in June, we proposed programs and policies for a range of scenarios. …

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22 Jul 2026 00:00 UTC