Anthropic partners with U.K. to build government AI assistant

by | Jan 29, 2026 | E-commerce News

Anthropic, an AI safety and research company, partnereds with the U.K. government to pilot an AI assistant for the GOV.UK platform. The system utilizes the Claude model to guide citizens through employment services like finding jobs and accessing training programs. This initiative follows a phased rollout strategy designed to integrate agentic AI into public sector workflows while maintaining data privacy standards.

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