Claude is Finally Available to Users in the EU

Anthropic announced the release of Claude to its user base, both individuals and businesses, in the EU on Tuesday.

This is another step towards Anthropic focusing on its EU customers, as the company released its Claude API in Europe earlier this year.

The AI chatbot will be accessible on desktop as well as on their newly launched iOS app. Users from the EU will be able to access both the free and paid versions of Claude with a subscription cost of €18, excluding VAT.

The EU release comes after the region released a set of regulations earlier this year governing AI. In accordance with this, Anthropic made sure to emphasise a focus on privacy and security.

Alongside the EU release, the company also announced an update to their Terms of Service. Anthropic highlighted policy refinements, high-risk use cases and certain disclosure requirements within their usage policy, possibly to align with the regulations put forth by the EU.

“We’ve refined and restructured our policy to give more details about the individuals and organisations covered by our policies. We’ve broken out some specific “high-risk use cases” that have additional requirements due to posing an elevated risk of harm. We added new disclosure requirements so that organisations who use our tools also help their own users understand they are interacting with an AI system,” the company said.

Additionally, while a data retention policy was not specified prior, the default data retention period has been updated to 30 days.

In terms of what’s on the table with this development, businesses in the EU will also have access to Claude Team, a new plan offered by the company specifically for workplaces, with full access to Opus, Sonnet and Haiku, and Claude Pro. The Team plan also includes tools for admin, billing management and document processing.

The Team plan was also launched alongside the Claude iOS app earlier this month. Likewise, its subscription costs amount to $30 per user, or €28 plus VAT in the EU.