Notably, in a chaotic White House where many senior appointees didn’t make it to 12 months, Liddell served the full four-year term. Liddell first rose to fame in US business circles when he was named Microsoft’s chief financial officer. Anthropic hit headlines this month when it released a new “co-work” plug-in for Claude capable of taking on various legal tasks. While OpenAI initially targeted everybody, sparking an artificial intelligence frenzy, Anthropic has focused more on professionals and gained popularity with software coders. He joined the Herald in 2018 and is the technology editor and a senior business writer.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 14, 2026 08:01 UTC