Austria is urging the European Union to consider hosting the U.S.-based AI company Anthropic within Europe, Reuters-style reporting as reflected by multiple outlets says. The push comes as the United States imposes restrictions that limit access by non‑U.S. users to Anthropic’s most advanced artificial-intelligence models. Austria’s state secretary for digitalisation, Alexander Proell, says it is important for Europe to remain engaged with global innovation, according to Free Malaysia Today and other summaries. Bloomberg Technology reports that Austria is lobbying the EU to assess options that would place Anthropic PBC in Austria or elsewhere in the bloc, framing the move as a way to counter efforts to block foreigners from using advanced AI. Channel NewsAsia and Investing.com also report the same initiative, citing Bloomberg’s coverage and describing it as an EU-level effort prompted by the access restrictions. Across the reports, the core claim is that Austria is seeking EU action to attract or host Anthropic as geopolitical competition over AI capabilities intensifies, while details on potential timelines or policy mechanisms are not specified in the provided excerpts.