India, Oct. 10 -- Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has joined Microsoft Corp. and Anthropic AI in senior advisory roles, even as he stays a member of the UK Parliament.

"I have long believed that technology will transform our world and play a key part in determining our future," Sunak said in a LinkedIn post. "I am excited to help these two companies, as they address big strategic questions about how to make technology work for our economies, our security and our society."

"We stand on the edge of a technological revolution whose impacts will be as profound as those of the industrial revolution: and felt more quickly," he went on to say. "In my role as senior adviser, I want to help these companies ensure that this shift delive...