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August 20, 2026

How badly does Europe need its own frontier AI models?

UK officials have been reviewing the risks of losing access to Anthropic’s Fable and other models


Credit: White House and Unsplash

As European countries rush to reduce their over-dependence on top-performing AI models produced by US labs like Anthropic and OpenAI, scepticism is growing that the region can rely on any viable homegrown alternatives.

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Martin Coulter

Martin Coulter is Sifted's news editor, based in London. You can follow him on LinkedIn and X

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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