Architect of UK's AI strategy joins Anthropic amid conflict of interest warning

From Downing Street to Silicon Valley: Matt Clifford played a key role in helping create the UK's AI Security Institute. From Downing Street to Silicon Valley: Matt Clifford played a key role in helping create the UK's AI Security Institute. Architect of UK's AI strategy joins Anthropic amid conflict of interest warning The architect of the UK government's AI strategy has joined the US startup Anthropic in a senior role a year after stepping down from his Downing Street post. Matt Clifford, a successful tech investor, was appointed as AI opportunities adviser by Keir Starmer last year but resigned from the unpaid role six months later for personal reasons. His move to the company behind the Claude chatbot has raised concern, with the head of the House of Commons science, innovation and technology committee, Chi Onwurah, warning that his decision to remain as chair of the government-backed Aria funding body represents a "clear conflict of interest".