Architect of UK’s AI policy quits after Anthropic conflict of interest concerns
by Robert Booth and Dan Milmo from Technology | The Guardian on (#7880S)
Matt Clifford forced to stand down amid disquiet from senior MPs over his new full-time job at AI company
The chair of the UK government's moonshot" science and technology research unit has been forced to stand down after taking a job with the San Francisco AI firm Anthropic, in a move senior MPs called a clear conflict of interest".
Matt Clifford announced last week that he was taking a full-time job working for the company behind the Claude chatbot, leading its engagement" with governments outside the US - including the UK. But he retained his leadership at the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria), which funds frontier science and tech projects.
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