Anthropic Launches $5M AI Wellbeing Research Fund

Anthropic is launching a $5 million grant program to fund independent research into how AI affects user wellbeing. Grantees will receive funding, model access, and technical support to build open-source evaluations, working fully independently and publishing results for any developer to use. The program addresses a critical gap in AI safety: wellbeing is difficult to evaluate because harmful interactions often unfold gradually across long conversations. Anthropic seeks evaluations involving clinical experts that test both overcompliance and overrefusal. Applications close September 21.