Austria Lobbies EU to Embrace Anthropic AI in Response to US Restrictions
2026-06-29 10:05
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en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Austrian government has proposed that the European Union welcome artificial intelligence company Anthropic within its borders, in response to US measures restricting foreigners' access to the company's most advanced models. Austrian Digital State Secretary Alexander Proell stated in a letter to EU Technology Commissioner Henna Virkkunen that Europe should not be excluded from major innovations.

Austria lobbies EU to embrace Anthropic AI after US restrictions: report

"Let us jointly explore the strategic establishment and engagement of Anthropic within the EU. With legal certainty, market access, capital, and a set of values that suit the company," Proell wrote in the letter. He did not specify how this step would be implemented and acknowledged doubts about its feasibility. He stated that the real question is not whether it is easy, but whether Europeans are ready to be the architects of their own technological future, or merely managers of decisions made elsewhere.

Anthropic did not immediately comment on Austria's proposal. Earlier this month, the European Commission put forward legislative proposals aimed at boosting the development of local cloud, AI, and semiconductor industries, and reducing reliance on US tech giants, a move that disregarded US government criticism of the EU's crackdown on its industries.

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