Britain woos Anthropic expansion after U.S. defence clash: Report

Britain is ​trying to tempt Anthropic to expand ‌its presence in the ​country, as it seeks ⁠to capitalise on a fight between the maker of artificial intelligence ‌app Claude and the U.S. Defense Department, the Financial ‌Times said on Sunday.

British government ‌proposals ⁠for Anthropic range from ⁠an office expansion in London to a dual stock listing, the newspaper reported, ​citing people ‌with knowledge of the plans.

Anthropic and Britain’s Department of Science, Innovation and Technology did not ‌immediately respond to Reuters ​requests for comment.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office has supported ⁠the department’s work, which will be put to Anthropic CEO ‌Dario Amodei when he visits in late May, the FT said.

The U.S. government blacklisted Anthropic, designating the company a national-security supply-chain risk after it refused to ‌allow the military to use ​AI chatbot Claude for U.S. surveillance or autonomous weapons.

A ⁠U.S. judge temporarily blocked the blacklisting, ⁠and the AI startup has a second lawsuit ‌pending over the supply-chain risk designation.