Anthropic Names First Global Affairs Chief as Trump Curbs 2 AI Models
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Updated · CNBC · Aug 4
Anthropic Names First Global Affairs Chief as Trump Curbs 2 AI Models
3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Aug 4
Summary
Anthropic appointed Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar as its first chief global affairs officer, putting the former California Supreme Court justice in charge of U.S. government ties and overseas policy as the company expands.
Cuéllar will report to President Daniela Amodei from San Francisco and is leaving Anthropic's four-member Long-Term Benefit Trust, which now must find a successor.
The hire comes as Anthropic faces a turbulent Washington relationship: the Pentagon blacklisted its technology earlier this year, and the Trump administration recently barred foreign sales of its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models.
Cuéllar brings bipartisan policy credentials from the Obama White House and Carnegie Endowment, and co-led a 2025 study that helped shape California's SB 53 AI law, which carries fines of up to $1 million per violation.
Anthropic is betting a consensus builder can help at what Cuéllar called an AI governance "inflection point," as concerns grow over AI-powered hacking, national security and global regulation.