Britain woos expansion effort by Anthropic after US 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 ⁠US 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.


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.

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

The US 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 US surveillance or autonomous weapons.