Anthropic announces major UK expansion amid Mythos testing

The news: AI lab Anthropic is expanding its presence in the UK with new office space for 800 people in the 'Knowledge Quarter' area of London, where OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta and other AI firms have set up shop. The company current has around 200 employees in London.

The context: "London is already one of our most important research and commercial hubs outside the US, and our expansion in the Knowledge Quarter gives us the room to grow into," Pip White, Anthropic's head of EMEA north, said in a statement.

"The UK combines ambitious enterprises and institutions that understand what's at stake with AI safety with an exceptional pool of AI talent -- we want to be where all of that comes together."

White also said that the company is expanding its 'Project Glasswing' program in the UK, giving certain organisations early access to its new AI model 'Mythos' to give cybersecurity professionals a chance to test it against internal defences as it could exploit cyber vulnerabilities.