Anthropic is including a brand new individual to its board: Reed Hastings, Netflix’s chairman, co-founder, and former CEO.
“Hastings brings in depth expertise from founding and scaling Netflix into a worldwide leisure powerhouse, alongside along with his service on the boards of Fb, Microsoft, and Bloomberg,” Anthropic says in its announcement post.
The corporate provides that “as somebody who’s each constructed Netflix into a worldwide platform and invested closely in schooling reform and digital infrastructure in rising markets, he brings a sensible understanding of how to make sure expertise serves broader societal objectives from the beginning.”
“Anthropic could be very optimistic concerning the AI advantages for humanity, however can also be very conscious of the financial, social, and security challenges,” Hastings says in a press release. “I’m becoming a member of Anthropic’s board as a result of I imagine of their method to AI growth, and to assist humanity progress.”
Anthropic’s board additionally consists of CEO Dario Amodei, president Daniela Amodei, Yasmin Razavi, and Jay Kreps. The corporate just lately launched its Claude 4 AI fashions.
Hastings stepped down as Netflix’s co-CEO in 2023.