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Rishi Sunak hired by Microsoft and Anthropic as paid adviser (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Thoughts on Rishi taking up jobs at Microsoft and Anthropic?

Apparently he plans to "donate his earnings to a charity he founded", which makes sense, given that his family is already worth around £640 million.

Also Rishi apparently already has a job with Goldman Sachs in addition to another existing job of his: remaining the MP for Richmond and Northallerton in Yorkshire.

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[–] 27 points 1 year ago (1 child)

"Regulatory capture" is more of a corporate dictatorship run by the oligarchy now.

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    • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Could be worse .. He could be part of Trump's Middle East Peace Cabinet.

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    • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    lol

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    What's the advising on, because based on his political career the only thing he's an expert in is burning golden opportunities. How quickly did the public turn on him when he became PM, because it was about 4 minutes I seem to remember, he went from the person who gives everyone free money, to a slimy untrustworthy scumbag.

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    What. A. Surprise.

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    [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    To me, he'll always be the guy who loves to eat sandwiches, just like other humans.

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    • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Anthropic too? Shame

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    "Too"? Why would you expect anything else from them?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Anthropic rarely breaks the news for this kind of stuff.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It's still an AI company founded by a bunch of ex OpenAI higher ups with billions in funding from big tech and venture capital. It's the exact same as the others

    They were in the news not long ago for agreeing to pay $1.5 billion to book authors in a class action suit

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    • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Conflict of interest? Hello? The fuck...

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