The headline: Following the US blockade of Anthropic models, the EU Commission is pursuing a strategy to achieve independence in critical AI systems and aims to prevent lockout mechanisms through its own technology capabilities.
The US government has blocked access to two AI models from Anthropic for users outside the United States. The EU Commission subsequently announces measures to strengthen European AI sovereignty and reduce dependencies on US-based providers.
The US government has cut off access to two AI models from the company Anthropic for users outside the United States. This measure also affects European organizations and individual users who previously had access to these models.
For Chief Data Officers and compliance officers in the EU, this represents a significant risk: dependency on US-based AI providers is once again laid bare. Such unilateral blocks can disrupt operational processes, especially if organizations have integrated these models into their data governance and AI analysis pipelines. In the context of the EU AI Act, which demands transparency and control over AI systems, the blockade underscores the necessity to maintain regulatory sovereignty over deployed AI models.
The EU Commission is responding with a plan to strengthen European AI security capabilities. The goal is to reduce strategic dependencies and ensure that critical AI systems remain available—regardless of geopolitical decisions by individual countries. This includes investments in proprietary model development and promotion of European alternatives to prevent future lockout mechanisms.
Source: www.heise.de · Published 8 July 2026
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