Anthropic's Public Benefit Charter

Anthropic’s Public Benefit Charter states a corporate mission to develop and maintain advanced AI safely for the long-term benefit of humanity. As a Public Benefit Corporation, the company commits to balancing shareholder returns with public good and reports progress in a recurring Public Benefit Report (2026 edition referenced). The charter emphasizes safety-led research and product work, highlights offerings such as the Claude family of models and console, and frames the organization’s research, policy, and program activity as an expanding public record of commitments and outcomes.

The charter sets five concrete pillars as a roadmap: solving the technical problems of AI safety to prevent severe, irreversible harms; making AI safety a universal practice backed by industry norms and enforceable law; ensuring AI strengthens democracies and global stability; harnessing AI for broad-based economic growth and human flourishing; and distributing AI’s transformative benefits worldwide. Each pillar ties specific research and policy commitments to measurable outcomes, positioning Anthropic’s work as both an operational strategy and a mechanism for public accountability.