Anthropic has been fighting to convince the Trump administration it isn’t “woke” – but that could be an uphill battle thanks to the AI giant’s ties to the bizarre, cult-like “Effective Altruism” movement, The Post has learned.

Popular with Silicon Valley bigwigs, Effective Altruism urges devotees to funnel their cash to causes they believe will most benefit humanity in the future. Dubbed “long-termism” by followers , those causes include climate change, preventing pandemics — and a near-obsession with heavily regulating artificial intelligence.

“They believe that only a handful of people can control access – that AI, if not in their hands, will be leveraged to destroy the world,” said Nathan Leamer, a former FCC policy adviser and CEO of Fixed Gear Strategies.

“Truly, they have a fu

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