Cuéllar will lead Anthropic’s work on policy, strategic international engagement and government relationships worldwide, the artificial intelligence startup said in a Tuesday (Aug. 4) press release.
Anthropic is adding its first chief global affairs officer at a time when governments around the world are debating the impact of AI on economies, security and communities, the company said in the release.
Anthropic President and Co-Founder Daniela Amodei said in the release that Cuéllar will “partner with governments, civil society and community groups as they engage with both the risks and opportunities presented by advanced AI.”
“Tino has spent his career helping public institutions respond to times of change with thoughtfulness, pragmatism and deep commitment to the common good,” Amodei said. “At all levels of government, the law and academia, Tino has served with sound judgment and civic-mindedness, and we’re looking forward to him putting these principles to work at Anthropic.”
After serving as a California Supreme Court Justice, Cuéllar joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He recently stepped down as president of that global policy research institution, according to the release.
Cuéllar has also worked in the White House and federal agencies in three presidential administrations, per the release.
To join Anthropic, Cuéllar stepped down from Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust, where he served as a trustee since January.
Cuéllar said in the release that the world is at an inflection point when it comes to the governance and development of AI.
“The choices we make today will determine whether humanity can harness extraordinary possibilities to advance science and improve lives around the world or face enormous risk and growing inequality,” Cuéllar said. “Democracies must set the terms on which this technology advances, and there is no more consequential place to be shaping that work right now than Anthropic.”
Anthropic’s announcement came on the day that the Anthropic, Google, Meta and OpenAI are scheduled to meet with White House officials to discuss the framework for voluntary federal cybersecurity assessments of advanced U.S. AI models.
The announcement also came a little over five months after the White House told federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI products, escalating a dispute that started inside the Defense Department.
