Anthropic signs AI safety MOU with Australian government
Australia's investment in AI safety makes it a natural partner for responsible AI development.
Anthropic has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian government to collaborate on AI safety research and support Australia's National AI Plan. The agreement includes working with Australia's AI Safety Institute on model evaluations and risk assessments, mirroring arrangements with safety institutes in the US, UK, and Japan. Anthropic will share Economic Index data to track AI adoption across key Australian sectors including natural resources, agriculture, and healthcare. The company is also investing AUD$3 million in Claude API credits to four Australian research institutions working on disease diagnosis, genomics, and computer science education. Anthropic is exploring data centre infrastructure investments in Australia. This matters because it extends formal government-industry AI safety collaboration to the Asia-Pacific region.