Anthropic Long-Term Benefit Trust — Notable For: First major AI company to establish an independent governance trust with board-majority appointment power. Designed to prioritize humanity's long-term interests over short-term financial pressures.

NoteThe source directly confirms both elements of the claim: (1) The LTBT is described as an independent governance trust with board-majority appointment power ('authority to select and remove a portion of our Board that will grow over time (ultimately, a majority of our Board)'), and (2) it is explicitly designed to prioritize humanity's long-term interests over short-term financial pressures (the source discusses how the LTBT ensures 'the organizational leadership is incentivized to carefully evaluate future models for catastrophic risks...rather than prioritizing being the first to market above all other objectives'). The claim's characterization of this as 'first major AI company' to establish such a structure is not contradicted by the source, which presents this as novel governance design. The source is the official Anthropic announcement of the LTBT from September 19, 2023.