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@simon@fedi.simonwillison.net · 18 hours ago

I found loosely equivalent but much less interesting documents for Anthropic https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/anthropic-public-benefit-mission/

Anthropic's are much less interesting that OpenAI's. The earliest document from 2021 states:

The specific public benefit that the Corporation will promote is to responsibly develop and maintain advanced Al for the cultural, social and technological improvement of humanity.

Every subsequent document up to 2024 uses an updated version which says:

The specific public benefit that the Corporation will promote is to responsibly develop and maintain advanced AI for the long term benefit of humanity. — Anthropic's are much less interesting that OpenAI's. The earliest document from 2021 states: The specific public benefit that the Corporation will promote is to responsibly develop and maintain advanced Al for the cultural, social and technological improvement of humanity. Every subsequent document up to 2024 uses an updated version which says: The specific public benefit that the Corporation will promote is to responsibly develop and maintain advanced AI for the long term benefit of humanity.

Simon Willison’s Weblog

Anthropic's public benefit mission

Someone asked if there was an Anthropic equivalent to OpenAI's IRS mission statements over time. Anthropic are a "public benefit corporation" but not a non-profit, so they don't have the …

maze

@maze@dizl.de replied · 4 hours ago

@simon Reminds me of #dontbeevil

Simon Willison

@simon@fedi.simonwillison.net replied · 18 hours ago

I found loosely equivalent but much less interesting documents for Anthropic https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/anthropic-public-benefit-mission/

Simon Willison’s Weblog

Anthropic's public benefit mission

Someone asked if there was an Anthropic equivalent to OpenAI's IRS mission statements over time. Anthropic are a "public benefit corporation" but not a non-profit, so they don't have the …

Luis Villa

@luis_in_brief@social.coop replied · 2 hours ago

@simon my gut reaction was “but this is interesting because the enforcement model is different for PBCs!”, which led me to do a really deep dive on PBCs and…boy they’re an even bigger scam than I realized :(

kellan

@kellan@fiasco.social replied · 18 minutes ago

@luis_in_brief @simon “enforcement model”. B corps had this same problem. Lot of good people out there operating in good faith, but certainly no way to know for sure.