Anthropic held EU talks on AI models on 17 April

Anthropic held talks with European Commission officials about its portfolio of artificial intelligence models, including some cybersecurity-focused models that are not yet available in the European Union, according to a Mobile World Live report published after comments made on 17 April. Reuters reported on 17 April that Anthropic had already committed to comply with the EU code of good practice for general-purpose AI, according to European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier.

Regnier said companies have an obligation to assess and mitigate risks that may arise from a service whether or not it is offered in Europe. Also on 17 April, an Anthropic spokesperson told Mobile World Live that CEO Dario Amodei had met senior officials in Donald Trump's administration in what the company described as a productive meeting focused on cybersecurity, US leadership in the AI race and AI safety. The US Treasury Department and other federal agencies are seeking access to Anthropic's restricted Mythos model. Bloomberg reported Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell briefed Wall Street executives earlier in April on Mythos' possible negative impact on the sector. Anthropic introduced Claude Mythos on 7 April to a limited group of technology companies including Amazon Web Services, Apple, Nvidia and Google, without making it publicly available.

The discussions come amid wider scrutiny of advanced AI models in both Europe and the United States. In March, the Department of War classified Anthropic as a supply chain risk after the company refused to grant the Pentagon unrestricted rights to use its models over concerns related to domestic surveillance and lethal autonomous weapons. On 9 March, Anthropic sued the Trump administration after it was banned and labeled a national security threat, and the Department of Justice appealed that ruling in April. This article concerns AI policy and model access rather than eSIM technology, devices or telecom operator launches.