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Anthropic hires 1,000 fellows to push Claude into nonprofits

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Anthropic recruits army to sell Claude to nonprofits

Join Claude Corps, see the world, spread the gospel of AI

AI may or may not be pushing lots of people out of the workforce, but Anthropic has good news as the Claude creator is creating temporary positions to promote the adoption of AI, even as CEO Dario Amodei ponders policy interventions to counter "job displacement."

The AI biz has announced the launch of Claude Corps, a $150 million program that will pay 1,000 Claude Corps Fellows $85,000 (plus benefits and a token budget) for one year to help advance the missions of nonprofit organizations using generative AI.

Meanwhile, the tech industry continues to take on debt to build datacenters while balancing its books by shedding employees. According to job search biz TrueUp, the tech sector this year has averaged 935 layoffs per day, up from...

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