Austria has proposed that the European Union 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.

European Union Response

In a letter to EU Technology Commissioner Henna Virkkunen, Austria’s State Secretary for Digitalization Alexander Proell wrote it was important that Europe was not cut off from major innovations. Proell suggested the EU should explore the strategic establishment and participation of Anthropic within the European Union, offering legal certainty, market access, capital, and a set of values that suits this company.

Anthropic did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the Austrian proposal. Earlier this month, the European Commission proposed laws to boost domestic cloud, AI, and semiconductor industries and cut reliance on U.S. Big Tech, defying U.S. government criticism of the bloc’s crackdown on its industry.

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