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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.
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 US judge temporarily blocked the blacklisting, and the
AI startup has a second lawsuit pending over the supply-chain
risk designation.
Published on April 5, 2026
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