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Clifford Quits ARIA Role for Anthropic International Post

9/7/2026

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Matt Clifford left his ARIA chair role to become Anthropic’s Managing Director for International Affairs, based in London.
Labour MP Chi Onwurah called the role a conflict of interest in a letter to AI minister Kanishka Narayan.
Crossbench peer Beeban Kidron welcomed the resignation, urging a clear line between tech interests and public good.
Geoffrey Hinton supported a UK private-member’s bill to ban artificial superintelligence, warning of existential risk.

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Matt Clifford left his ARIA chair role to become Anthropic’s Managing Director for International Affairs, based in London.
Labour MP Chi Onwurah called the role a conflict of interest in a letter to AI minister Kanishka Narayan.
Crossbench peer Beeban Kidron welcomed the resignation, urging a clear line between tech interests and public good.
Geoffrey Hinton supported a UK private-member’s bill to ban artificial superintelligence, warning of existential risk.