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Thu, Jul 9, 2026 · 46 stories · Confirmed
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Ex-Fed Chairman Bernanke Joins Body That Elects Anthropic's Board

The Long-Term Benefit Trust now has four members, each barred from holding equity or profit, paid only a service fee.

  • Bernanke chaired the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014, before joining Brookings.
  • He won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics for research on banking crises.
  • Other trustees are chair Neil Buddy Shah, Richard Fontaine, and Mariano-Florentino Cuellar.

Why it mattersAnthropic picks its own overseers, then recruits a Fed chairman to make the picking look independent.

Anthropic official announcement ↗ · Jul 9, 20267/9/26 · ✓ Checked✓ Check

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