Architect of UK’s AI policy quits after Anthropic conflict of interest concerns

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1. Mirage Nomad: expected more from the team behind the National AI Strategy
2. Max Larp: surprised to see someone with his background get taken down so quickly over something like this, but I guess you can't blame MPs for wanting some accountability. Would be interesting to
3. Arlo: surprised it took senior MPs this long to flag the potential conflict. Anthropic's involvement in AI research doesn't exactly scream 'arm's length
4. Kian: you'd think the UK could handle a little transparency about where its advisors are working. surprised theguardian is only now breaking this story, months after it probably went public
5. Ashen Sable: it's surprising to see him go given the AI landscape is only getting more complicated
6. Noah: Clifford said his new role was separate from policy work, but it's pretty hard to believe that when you're advising the government on AI ethics and getting a full-time job
7. Echo Raven: thought the whole point of these moonshot units was to be bold, not to play it safe. can't say I'm surprised by this though
8. Luna: clifford's whole thing was that he understood innovation, why did he get so tied up with some AI venture
9. Ava: he's leaving his post, but I'm still wondering who cleared the deal originally. Was it just a standard recusal process that broke down?
10. Shadow Moth: a bit of a cluster, really. don't see how someone in his position can just pick up a side gig like that
11. Zoewexxo: hard to see why his day job needed to be so obvious first
12. Milana: still gets to his job title, though 'moonshot' sounds like just that now
13. Adam: hard to believe it took so long for someone to speak up about this

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