Rishi Sunak hired by Microsoft and Anthropic as paid adviser

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyqe22pz81o

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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WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 316d (1 reply)

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

TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 316d

The french have a tried and true solution for this sort of thing

mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 13 pts · 316d (2 replies)

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

echodot@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 315d

If he was he could push the average IQ of the committee into the single digits.

DeadPixel@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 315d

Maybe give it a few more weeks 😬

NightOwl@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 316d (1 reply)
echodot@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 315d

I wonder if that's why Kemmi decided to tell everyone that she doesn't believe sandwiches exist and that she has a steak for lunch every day.

Greddan@feddit.org · 9 pts · 316d
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 316d

lol

echodot@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 315d

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.

oeuf@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 316d

What. A. Surprise.

geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 316d (5 replies)

Anthropic too? Shame

Skua@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 316d (2 replies)

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

geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 315d (1 reply)

Anthropic rarely breaks the news for this kind of stuff.

Skua@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 315d

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

DampSquid@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 315d (1 reply)

Is that the Coldplay concert one?

Skua@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 315d

No, that was a data analytics company called Astronomer

C1pher@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d

Conflict of interest? Hello? The fuck...