Rishi Sunak advises Anthropic; UK AI Action Plan author Matt Clifford joined too — yet access stayed locked
ccerrato147 · x · 2026-09-21
"The people in the room": former UK PM Rishi Sunak has been a senior adviser to Anthropic since October 2025, and Matt Clifford, author of the UK AI Opportunities Action Plan, joined on September 2 to run international affairs.
Yet these connections didn't unlock weights access — "not personal. Structural," per the thread, tying into Anthropic's reported refusal to give the UK AI Security Institute pre-release access. Note: details unverified.
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