EU Commission in talks with OpenAI and Anthropic over AI models


FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

BRUSSELS, May ⁠11 (Reuters) - The European Commission is ⁠in ongoing discussions with ‌U.S. artificial intelligence giants OpenAI and Anthropic, a spokesperson said on Monday.

Spokesperson Thomas Regnier ​said the Commission welcomed ⁠OpenAI's proactive ⁠engagement, including its intent to grant ⁠access ‌to its new AI model. He added ⁠that the Commission has had a ​four ‌or five meetings with Anthropic though ⁠no ​discussions on a possible access to its AI models have ⁠taken place yet.

"With one (OpenAI), ​you have a company proactively offering to give access to the ⁠company. With the other one (Anthropic), we have good exchanges though we're not at a stage ​where we can ⁠speculate on potential access or not", ​Regnier said during ‌a daily press ​briefing.

(Reporting by Inti Landauro, editing by Charlotte Van Campenhout)

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