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Posted on April 5, 2026
2 min readLast updated: April 6, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleBritain is courting AI firm Anthropic to expand its UK presence, seeking to capitalize on its standoff with the U.S. defense sector over usage of its Claude model for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. The Financial Times reports this move as London attempts to attract AI investment amid grow
April 5 (Reuters) - 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 U.S. judge temporarily blocked the blacklisting, and the AI startup has a second lawsuit pending over the supply-chain risk designation.
(Reporting by Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and William Mallard)
Britain aims to capitalise on a dispute between Anthropic and the US defence department by encouraging the AI company to expand its UK presence.
Anthropic is known for developing the artificial intelligence app Claude.
The Financial Times reported on Britain's initiative to attract Anthropic.
No, Reuters could not immediately verify the Financial Times report.
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