Tory peer Liam Booth-Smith takes job at AI firm he encountered at No 10 | House of Lords
A former Chief of General Staff of Rishi Sunak, who made a conservative peer, took work as an “external affairs” chief at an artificial intelligence company he faced while working at 10.
Liam Booth-Smith, who entered the House of Lords last year, recently joined Anthropic, who recently signed an agreement on working with the government.
The former boss altar was the supporter of the UK, who led AI during his time as Prime Minister, and hosted an anthropic meeting in May 2023-this also held a meeting in which Booth-Smith attended as an observer.
Business Appointments Advisory Committee (ACOBA) said Booth-Smith should not make any lobbying on behalf of anthropic for at least two years after leaving the government.
He confirmed that the role of Anthropic Acoba would not include lobbying and would comply with the conditions.
The Committee said that Booth-Smith has no role in the anthropic commercial or contract decisions, but 10 of them have a general supervision of AI policy.
However, the Committee’s view continues to be a risk associated with the influence of Lord Booth Smith in the government, especially as an anthropic is currently developing a UK to promote its services with a wide range of practices, including and including the British government.
“Lord Booth-Smith, whether special consultants, other authorities or ministers, should avoid engaging to influence government decisions, including approaching the government on behalf of anthropic.
In addition to a two-year lobby ban, Booth-Smith should not attract any privileged information presented to him since his spent in the government, not to benefit from any contact to influence the policy, or to advise any policy he has for his private participation or responsibility for two years as a person chief of 10 No No No No No No No No No No No No NO.
As a peer, Lord Booth-Smith is already banned from lobbying the government on any subject.
Gabe Winn, General Manager of a lobby company, which campaign against the peers paid to make political advice to companies, questioned whether Booth-Smith would do the role of a foreign relations for a AI company and whether it would be a lawmaker.
An anthropic spokesman said: “Liam Booth-Smith follows all the valid ACOBA guidance and the rules of the Lordlar House behavior.”
Booth-Smith approached for comment.
