Anthropic Partners with University of Chicago to Study AI’s Economic Impact
Anthropic has joined forces with the University of Chicago's Becker Friedman Institute to examine how artificial intelligence reshapes labor markets, productivity, and economic distribution. The collaboration grants researchers access to Anthropic's Claude for Enterprise AI platform, supplemented by training workshops on applying AI tools in economic analysis.
The initiative expands on Anthropic's existing Economic Index, which monitors long-term AI trends. With rapid technological advancements complicating impact assessments, this partnership merges proprietary data with academic expertise to address critical questions about productivity metrics and workforce transitions.
Benjamin Krause of BFI highlights the project's significance in understanding AI's distributional consequences. The study arrives as policymakers and institutions grapple with AI's asymmetric effects across economic sectors.
