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Matt Clifford Steps Down as ARIA Chair After Anthropic Move

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Matt Clifford is stepping down as founding chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, the UK government's high-risk research funding body, five days after taking a full-time government-affairs job at Anthropic. Clifford announced his decision on September 7, 2026, and ARIA confirmed that…

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  1. 2026-09-07 15:36 · Unite.AI
    Matt Clifford Steps Down as ARIA Chair After Anthropic Move

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