Anthropic commits 5% of shares to Public Benefit Fund, Musk pledges SpaceX shares to U.S. children

Anthropic announced it will commit 5% of its shares to a new Public Benefit Fund, subject to stockholder approval, with plans to allocate roughly 20% of its stock to public causes when including founder and employee pledges. Elon Musk responded by pledging one SpaceX share to every child in the United States next year, a giveaway valued at over $10 billion based on current share prices. Both actions follow Anthropic's recent draft AI safety bill proposal to lawmakers.