Anthropic's wellbeing grants and external Claude data access

Anthropic on August 28 published results from a completed pilot giving external researchers access to real, privacy-preserved Claude usage data, and said it is deliberating whether the program can be scaled without compromising user privacy.

The pilot accompanies a $5 million grant program for independent research into how AI affects users' wellbeing; grantees receive direct funding, Claude model access, and technical support, and publish their work as open-source projects.

Pilot results published; Anthropic weighing how to scale data access without compromising user privacy

Anthropic on August 28 announced 10,000 Claude Team seats for scientists, with standard seats free and premium seats at $15 per month, an 80% discount, for one year. The AI for Science credit program is also expanding beyond biological sciences to offer up to $50,000 per project; researchers in biology and chemistry are currently limited to Opus-class models, and Anthropic said it is working with the US government on Mythos-class model access for life sciences. The grant program's interest deadline is September 14.

Reporting notes September 14 interest deadline for grant program

Anthropic announced on August 26 a $5 million grant program for independent research into how AI affects user wellbeing, and for the first time gave external researchers access to real, privacy-preserved Claude usage data. The grants include direct funding, model access, and technical support; grantees work independently and publish results as open-source projects any developer can use. Anthropic said "to date, this work has only been possible within AI labs" and that "we can't tell the whole story alone, so we opened up our tools".

Anthropic announced external researcher access to privacy-preserved Claude usage data

Anthropic announced $5 million wellbeing research grant program