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Monday, September 14, 2026
AI Lately

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Fidji SimoNscaleas Independent Director· Sep 11Josh EngelsMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Joe BentonMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Alan DuongCrux AIas Chief Development Officer· Sep 10Paul ChristianoOpenAI Foundationas Board Member, Safety and Security Committee· Sep 9Jacob CoxonIndependentas Independent AI Safety Advocate· Sep 8Geoffrey IrvingMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8Paul ChristianoMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8Fidji SimoNscaleas Independent Director· Sep 11Josh EngelsMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Joe BentonMETRas Researcher· Sep 10Alan DuongCrux AIas Chief Development Officer· Sep 10Paul ChristianoOpenAI Foundationas Board Member, Safety and Security Committee· Sep 9Jacob CoxonIndependentas Independent AI Safety Advocate· Sep 8Geoffrey IrvingMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8Paul ChristianoMathematical AI Safety Instituteas Scientific Advisory Panel Member· Sep 8

Person

Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar

Lately: Anthropic as Chief Global Affairs Officer, from California Supreme Court.

Public record only: name, role, employer, source, and date.

Recorded moves

  1. Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar → Anthropic as Chief Global Affairs Officer, from California Supreme Court (Associate Justice)

    A former state supreme court justice becomes Anthropic's chief diplomat as Washington scrutiny intensifies.

    hireconfirmedCNBC: Anthropic Names Global Affairs Chief to Tackle AI Policy as Trump Tensions PersistAug 4, 2026

In the archive

  • Hiring & Talent

    Anthropic's Hiring Pattern Reads Like a Go-to-Market Plan

    Forward Deployed Engineers, five new international offices, a first chief financial officer and a first chief global affairs officer trace Anthropic's push toward a run rate near $65 billion and a prospective IPO.

  • Policy & Regulation

    Brussels Sets the Clock

    The EU AI Act crossed its August 2026 deadline with transparency duties rather than the high-risk regime once expected, after a Digital Omnibus reshaped the calendar and split the field's labs into signers, partial signers, and one conspicuous holdout.

  • Policy & Regulation

    Washington's Preemption Fight

    A White House pushing federal preemption of state AI laws, a Senate that rejected a blanket moratorium 99 to 1, and rival super PACs from Anthropic and OpenAI-adjacent investors turned 2026 into the year AI policy split labs into camps.