UK chief executives scramble as Anthropic expands London AI hub Tech Anthropic is expanding its London footprint with a new office for up to 800 staff, as UK bank bosses ramp up engagement with the firm over concerns about its latest AI models. The US-based company said it will scale up from its current base of more than 200 employees in the capital, with the new [...]
Anthropic targets October for mega IPO Tech AI giant Anthropic is targeting a listing as early as October, placing itself at the centre of what could become one of the most significant tech IPOs in years. The San Francisco-based company, best known for its Claude chatbot, has begun preliminary discussions with leading Wall Street banks including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan [...]
Sadiq Khan invites Anthropic to move to London Tech Sadiq Khan has sent Anthropic’s chief executive Dario Amodei an invitation to move to London after the AI giant’s spat with President Trump. In a letter to the Anthropic boss, the mayor of London praised the company over its “steadfastness” against pressure after it refused to give the US military access to its tools over [...]
Anthropic ditches AI safety policy to keep up with OpenAI February 25, 2026 Anthropic, the booming tech firm that built its reputation around responsibly developing AI systems, is now loosening its flagship AI safety policy. In an update to its ‘Responsible Scaling Policy 3.0’ published on Tuesday, the OpenAI rival said it would no longer actively stop the development of a model deemed potentially dangerous if a competitor [...]