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Comment by Bella DeVaan

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Director of the Charity Reform Initiative at the Institute of Policy Studies.
The fox can’t guard the henhouse. They can’t be responsible for their own regulation or for their own definition of what their altruistic mandate is. That has to be determined by the public.
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Bella DeVaan, quoted in Glenn Gamboa, “Anthropic is worth $965 billion. Its nonprofit foundation says it has a plan to give back,” Associated Press/Fortune, June 11, 2026.
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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone
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AI Verified DeVaan says AI firms cannot set their own regulation; this supports public determination. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified The demand for public rather than company-led regulation supports the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Fortune/AP, June 11 2026, attributes the verbatim quote to Bella DeVaan. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago
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