Former Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar is joining Anthropic as its first Chief Global Affairs Officer. The artificial intelligence company is known for its Claude language models. Anthropic says Cuéllar will be “leading the company’s work on policy, strategic international engagement, and government relationships worldwide.”
An Anthropic news release quotes Cuéllar: “Policymakers in the US and around the world are increasingly realizing that we are at a critical inflection point when it comes to how we govern and develop artificial intelligence. The choices we make today will determine whether humanity can harness extraordinary possibilities to advance science and improve lives across the world or face enormous risk and growing inequality.”
After more than six years on the court, Cuéllar retired in 2021 to become president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He returned to the faculty of Stanford Law School earlier this year.
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