New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- Former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has accepted part-time senior adviser roles with Microsoft and AI research firm Anthropic, offering "high-level strategic perspectives" on macroeconomic and geopolitical trends as both companies scale their enterprise and international AI efforts. Sunak said he is "excited to help these two companies as they address the big strategic questions about how to make technology work for our economies, our security and our society."

According to letters published by the UK government's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA), Sunak's work will be internally focused and limited to strategy advice; he is barred from lobbying the UK government or advising on specific UK policy ...