BRUSSELS — European policymakers criticized AI company Anthropic on Tuesday for failing to send a senior company official to address Brussels' concerns about risks posed by advanced AI capabilities.
Anthropic appointed Donny Greenberg, a technical employee who joined the company in April, to address the European Parliament via video from New York, rather than its head of public policy, Sarah Heck, as lawmakers had requested.
"I'm a technical person, not a policy person," Greenberg stressed in his opening remarks.
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