Anthropic appoints former Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke to its Long-Term Benefit Trust, an independent oversight body designed to help keep the AI company aligned with its public mission. Multiple outlets report that Bernanke will advise Anthropic leadership on how artificial intelligence affects economies and workforces. The trust is structured to provide accountability without direct financial incentives tied to the company: members do not hold equity in Anthropic. Several reports also describe the trust’s governance role, saying it can appoint and remove a majority of Anthropic’s board members. The appointment comes amid broader public discussion about AI’s societal impact, according to reports that link the move to growing anxiety about technology’s downstream effects. Bernanke previously led the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014 and won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Taken together, the coverage frames the announcement as both a high-profile addition to Anthropic’s oversight efforts and a mechanism intended to influence the company’s leadership and accountability over the long term.