Ben Bernanke, the former Federal Reserve chair and 2022 Nobel Prize winner in Economics, is joining Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust, the governance body responsible for holding the Claude-maker accountable to its public mission. Anthropic created the LTBT in September 2023 as a Delaware purpose trust, holding Class T shares that give trustees power to elect a growing proportion of Anthropic’s board over time, with the goal of reaching majority control within four years of the trust’s formation. Current members include experts in AI safety and public policy, with Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, former California Supreme Court Justice and Carnegie Endowment president, joining in January 2026. Bernanke chaired the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014 and has no documented prior ties to Anthropic or any AI governance roles. The LTBT has no blockchain component, no token structure, and no on-chain accountability mechanism; it is built entirely on traditional legal instruments, Delaware trust law, and reputational capital.