Written question asked by Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) on Monday, 7 July 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 July 2025. It was answered by Feryal Clark (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 July 2025 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Anthropic: Artificial Intelligence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on AI collaboration with Anthropic since 14 February 2025.

Answer: The Department has continued to deepen its collaboration with Anthropic as part of its broader strategy to strengthen the UK’s sovereign AI capabilities. This partnership forms part of the Government’s commitment to ensuring the UK is an AI maker, not just a taker. Through the Sovereign AI Unit, DSIT is working with Anthropic and other frontier AI companies to shape the development of strategically important capabilities, leveraging the UK’s strengths in talent, data and investment to secure economic and technological advantage.

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