BBC News reports that Elon Musk and Anthropic have announced separate equity giveaways as concerns grow about AI’s societal effects. Musk said he would distribute a single SpaceX share to each American child next year. The report says the rocket business owns xAI, but notes that arrangements for distributing the shares were not disclosed.
Anthropic, which develops Claude, said it would allocate 5% of its equity to a public-benefit fund. Its board could authorize a further allocation of 2%. According to the BBC, Anthropic said the fund’s holdings would not finance political contributions or lobbying, either domestically or abroad.
The announcements come as Anthropic prepares for a possible stock-market debut that the BBC says could put its valuation above $1 trillion. The report places both pledges against concerns about employment disruption and AI safety. These are announced commitments, rather than evidence that shares or donations have already reached beneficiaries; Musk’s distribution mechanism remains unspecified.