New York: AI heavyweight Anthropic has appointed Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan to its board of directors.
Narasimhan shares Anthropic’s vision that healthcare and life sciences are among the areas where AI has the greatest potential to improve the quality of human life, Anthropic said in an April 14 announcement.
“Getting powerful new technology to people safely and at scale is what we think about every day at Anthropic,” Daniela Amodei, co-founder and president of Anthropic, said in a statement. “Vas has been doing exactly that for years, and I’m grateful he’s joining us.”
“In healthcare, AI is accelerating solutions to some of the hardest scientific challenges, from deepening our understanding of disease biology to designing better medicines,” Narasimhan said in a statement. “Anthropic is setting the standard for how AI should be developed to benefit humanity, and I’m honored to join the Board and contribute to its mission.”
