Anthropic opens a new public-opinion study run by Anthropic Interviewer, with optional public release of full interviews
On Sept 29, 2026 Anthropic launched a study in which its AI interviewer, Anthropic Interviewer, asks people about their most meaningful experiences with AI, what they want AI to change, and what they want from AI companies. Unlike its December 2025 study of 81,000 people, participants can publish their full interview (with country, without account details) so anyone can study them. Anthropic warns that published interviews may be re-identifiable.
Key facts
- Announced Sept 29, 2026 on anthropic.com/research ('What Do You Want from AI?')
- Three questions: most meaningful experiences with AI, positive and negative; what about work, school, healthcare or government AI should help change; what people want from AI developers, including Anthropic
- Builds on a December 2025 study in which 81,000 people shared hopes and worries about AI; Anthropic says it shaped the Anthropic Institute's agenda and was presented at the World Economic Forum
- Opt-in publication of complete interviews plus country; Anthropic notes 'Researchers have shown' re-identification from Anthropic Interviewer transcripts can work, and treats publication as permanent
What happened
Anthropic invited Claude users to a new round of AI-led interviews on AI's benefits, harms and what people want from AI labs. It framed the study around the view that weighing AI's benefits against its risks "shouldn't be left to AI companies alone".
Why it matters
It will produce a large public corpus of first-person accounts of AI use in late 2026, and it experiments with AI-run qualitative research at scale.
Changelog
- 2026-09-30: created (found in the lab-blog check)
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