Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has taken up roles of paid adviser at tech giant Microsoft and artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic. An independent watchdog that oversees activities of former government figures, Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), has asked the former PM to not lobby ministers on behalf of the company. Advertisement

The MP for Richmond and Northallerton said he was delighted to be working with two of the world’s leading tech firms and planned to donate his earnings to a charity he founded, as mentioned by BBC.

In its letter released on Thursday, Acoba described Sunak’s role at Microsoft as providing "high- level strategic perspectives" on geopolitical trends. For Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company, Sunak informed the watchdog

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