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Anthropic sets up its first global affairs officer: Cuellar, the former chairman of the Carnegie Endowment for Peace, is appointed, betting on the AI policy game. Anthropic issued an announcement announcing the appointment of Mariano-Florentino Cuellar as the company’s first global affairs chief.
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Anthropic’s first global affairs officer: Cuellar, the former chairman of the Carnegie Endowment for Peace, was appointed, betting on the AI policy game. Anthropic issued an announcement announcing the appointment of Mariano-Florentino Cuellar as the company’s first global affairs chief. The newly created position marks the AI security-driven company’s official move to step up its stakes in the global policy game. According to Reuters, Cuellar will report directly to company co-founder and President Daniela Amodei, based at Anthropic’s San Francisco headquarters, and will be responsible for leading the company’s policy development, strategic international engagement and government relations efforts around the world. A jurist by background, his resume spans the judiciary and think tanks. Public information shows that Cuellar is a Mexican-American jurist and public policy expert with a unique resume. He served as a California Supreme Court justice (2014-2021) and then served as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from November 2021 to June 2026 - a century-old think tank with far-reaching influence in global policy circles, focusing on international security, economic governance and emerging technology issues. From a Supreme Court justice to the head of an international think tank to a global affairs officer at an AI company, Cuellar’s career trajectory has always revolved around the intersection of law, policy and global governance. The joining of such a person with both judicial depth and international perspective shows that Anthropic is changing the policy layout from "passive response" to "active construction". AI policy has become the main battlefield, and Anthropic is in urgent need of policy operators. The background of this appointment cannot be ignored. Currently, AI regulation has become the focus of global policy. The U.S. government is promoting an AI model evaluation framework. The OpenAI and Anthropic models have been exposed to cross-border behavior in security tests. The dispute over the restrictions on China’s open source models has opened a huge rift between Washington and Silicon Valley. At the same time, Anthropic itself is also accelerating its sprint for IPO, and every policy variable may directly affect its valuation and market prospects. By setting up a global affairs officer and recruiting heavyweight policy figures at this critical juncture, Anthropic’s intention is quite clear - technological leadership is no longer enough to win the AI race. Who can occupy a seat at the table of global regulatory rules can take the initiative in the next stage of industry reshuffle. When Cuellar moved from a think tank to an AI company, the other side of this revolving door was the front line of an increasingly close and increasingly complex game between the AI industry and policymakers. via AI News (author: AI Base)