Anthropic Publishes First Public Record: 52,000-Person Survey on US AI Attitudes
Anthropic
Anthropic released results from its first Anthropic Public Record on June 12, 2026 — a survey of nearly 52,000 Americans measuring hopes, fears, and governance preferences around AI, collected November–December 2025. The data found broad bipartisan consensus on major AI concerns. Anthropic intends to repeat the survey regularly and expand it internationally, framing it as a mechanism to ensure AI development reflects public input beyond existing Claude users.
Why it matters
Labs rarely publish systematic large-scale public opinion research on AI attitudes. Releasing this data publicly is an unusual transparency move, and the timing — same day as the Fable 5 suspension — adds context to Anthropic's broader efforts to maintain trust with regulators and the public.
Importance: 2/5
Notable transparency initiative from a frontier lab; reinforces broader regulatory positioning.