Matt Clifford to leave ARIA before Anthropic role becomes a 'distraction'
Matt Clifford reversed plans to keep both roles after lawmakers warned the overlap created a clear conflict of interest.
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Matt Clifford quits ARIA: the safeguards lasted five days
The man who wrote the UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan is leaving the government research agency he chaired. He announced it five days after taking a job at Anthropic. The resignation itself is not the interesting part. The arrangement it undoes had already been reviewed and cleared by a government department. Matt Clifford will step […] This story continues at The Next Web
Matt Clifford's departure from the British agency Aria, after accepting a full-time position at Anthropic, revives the debate about conflicts of interest and the revolving door between governments and the artificial intelligence industry.
Architect of UK’s AI policy quits after Anthropic conflict of interest concerns
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, after warnings from…
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