AI“ We believe the code advances the principles of transparency, safety and accountability – values that have long been championed by Anthropic for frontier AI development,” the company says.
Microsoft appears likely to follow suit. Brad Smith, Microsoft’ s Vice Chair and President, indicates support while acknowledging the need for careful review,“ I think it’ s likely we will sign. We need to read the documents,” he says.
“ Our goal is to find a way to be supportive and at the same time, one of the things we welcome is the direct engagement by the AI Office with industry.”
The participation of these major players sends a message to the rest of the industry: European AI regulation isn’ t going away and the smart money is on engagement rather than resistance.
Meta fighting back against EU red tape Meta’ s pushback against the code shows deeper tensions about how AI regulation could reshape competitive dynamics. Joel Kaplan, Meta’ s Chief Global Affairs Officer and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff, says:“ Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI,” claiming the code would“ throttle the development and deployment of frontier AI models in Europe and stunt European companies looking to build businesses on top of them.”
152 September 2025