Anthropic hires Orange’s AI chief amid Europe push

The artificial intelligence head of French telecoms group Orange has left the company to join U.S. AI startup Anthropic, he said on Thursday.

‌Steve ⁠Jarrett, ⁠Orange’s Chief AI officer, said he has accepted a job at Anthropic, without disclosing his new title.

Jarrett had been with the European telecoms group since ⁠2019.

He ‌will start at Anthropic on August 25 and ⁠will be based in Paris, according to a LinkedIn post.