Meanwhile, his company, a leading artificial intelligence lab, is selling AI technology that it says can work nearly seven hours a day, the length of a typical human workday. A recent World Economic Forum survey found that 41% of employers plan to reduce their workforce because of AI automation by 2030.

The chief executive of a prominent tech company put himself in the unusual position of promoting AI but saying its widespread adoption in the workplace will upend the job market.

AI's rise could result in a spike in unemployment within one to five years, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, warned in an interview.

Netflix Inc. co-founder and Chairman Reed Hastings is joining the board of the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, bolstering oversight of the company with a veteran technology industry executive and philanthropist.

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings was appointed by Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust to serve on the startup's board of directors.

Netflix chairman Reed Hastings has joined the board of directors of Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company whose major investors include Amazon. Anthropic, a rival to OpenAI, was founded in 2021 as a public benefit corporation.