(ECNS) — A prominent Chinese artificial intelligence researcher has left U.S.-based AI firm Anthropic to join a rival company, citing what he called Anthropic’s “anti-China statements” as the primary reason for his departure.Yao Shunyu (姚顺宇) left Anthropic after less than a year and joined Google DeepMind because he strongly opposed the start-up’s description of China as an “adversarial nation” and its broader rhetoric, according to a post on his website Monday.