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Anthropic taps ex-Microsoft CFO, Trump aide Liddell for board

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Source: CNBC TechnologyFebruary 13, 2026

Summary

Anthropic, a startup known for developing Claude (an AI assistant), appointed Chris Liddell, a former Microsoft CFO and Trump administration official, to its board of directors. This move may help improve Anthropic's relationship with the Trump administration, which previously criticized the company for its stance on AI regulation.

Classification

Attack SophisticationTrivial

Affected Vendors

Anthropic

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Original source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/anthropic-ai-chris-liddell-microsoft-trump-board.html

First tracked: February 17, 2026 at 02:33 PM

Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%