By Jeffrey DastinSAN FRANCISCO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Anthropic on Tuesday named Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar its first chief global affairs officer, as the developer of artificial intelligence models called Claude navigates vast policy challenges and changing ‌regulation around its technology. Cuéllar will report to Anthropic President Daniela Amodei, a company spokesperson told Reuters. His ‌job, based in the startup's San Francisco headquarters, will include managing relationships with the U.S. government and the many countries where Anthropic is expanding globally. Anthropic's ​hire represents a choice for a consensus builder with wide-ranging government experience as well as AI expertise, the spokesperson said. Some AI industry leaders have looked to nuclear arms controls as inspiration for managing the technology's risks.