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Reed Hastings

·2025.05.29 00:59

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Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has been appointed as a board member of Anthropic.

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Anthropic's Long Term Benefit Trust has appointed Reed Hastings, co-founder and former CEO of Netflix, as a board member. Hastings brings extensive management experience from growing Netflix into a global entertainment company, as well as having served on the boards of Facebook, Microsoft, and Bloomberg.

He recently donated $50 million to establish the AI and Humanity research initiative at Bowdoin College. This program focuses on researching how AI will transform work, relationships, and education, and on developing ethical frameworks, which aligns with Anthropic's research priorities.

Hastings' joining aims to address the economic, social, and safety issues that may arise during AI development and to guide the technology to contribute to the advancement of humanity. Through this, Anthropic plans to build AI systems that are more trustworthy, interpretable, and controllable.

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