# Anthropic Asks the Public for Its Hardest AI Questions and Promises to Publish the Answers

The campaign follows internal research covering 52,000 Americans and 81,000 Claude users across 159 countries, and it arrives while surveys place AI companies below governments on public trust.

- Published: 2026-08-09T07:02:50.434Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-08-09/anthropic-asks-the-public-for-its-hardest-ai-questions-and-p
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/hard-questions), [Anthropic Societal Impacts](https://www.anthropic.com/research/team/societal-impacts), [TechTimes](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/320132/20260710/anthropic-opens-hard-questions-portal-ai-companies-rank-below-governments-trust.htm)

Anthropic opened a public portal inviting anyone to submit their hardest questions about AI, with a commitment to publish its reasoning in response, including where it concludes it falls short. The initiative is based on survey work the com…

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