British media: UK seeks to attract Anthropic to expand its operations in the country

Odaily reported, citing the Financial Times, that the UK is seeking to persuade Anthropic to expand its operations in the country. According to sources cited by the newspaper, proposals from the UK government to Anthropic range from expanding its office in London to a dual listing. Anthropic and the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Reuters. The office of UK Prime Minister Starmer has consistently supported the work of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and when Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei visited the UK at the end of May, the UK planned to make this proposal to Amodei. Previously, the US government had blacklisted Anthropic, identifying the company as a national security supply chain risk because Anthropic refused to allow its AI chatbot Claude to be used by the military for US surveillance or autonomous weapons systems. A US judge has temporarily blocked the blacklist, and the AI startup has filed a second lawsuit disputing the supply chain risk designation, with the case currently ongoing. (Golden Ten Data)