Austria lobbies EU to host Anthropic AI after US curbs: Report

Austria has proposed that the European Union should consider hosting Anthropic within the bloc’s borders in order to counter efforts by the United States to block foreigners from using the AI company’s most advanced models.

In a letter ‌to EU ⁠Technology ⁠Commissioner Henna Virkkunen released by the Austrian government, Austria’s State Secretary for Digitalization Alexander Proell wrote it was important that Europe was not cut off from major innovations.

“Let us jointly explore the strategic establishment and participation of Anthropic within the European Union. With legal ⁠certainty, market ‌access, capital and a set of values that suits this company,” Proell said in ⁠the letter.