Workday exec trades CTO title for 'member of technical staff' role at Anthropic

Some top-level employees are ditching their posts at large companies to join frontier AI labs like Anthropic for a "member of technical staff" position, a blurrier title that can bring greater flexibility and high pay. Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images A Workday CTO left his post after less than a year to join Anthropic's technical staff team. Though not an "executive" title, a "member of technical staff" can bring high pay and prestige in AI. Frontier AI labs are using flatter, more fl...