FCA reveals details of second Supercharged Sandbox group with support from Anthropic
What's happening
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has revealed details of the second cohort for its Supercharged Sandbox, a programme that gives firms regulator support, high-powered computing resources and synthetic financial datasets to test advanced AI use cases. Anthropic will support the cohort by providing access to Claude Code and Claude Cowork as participants experiment with AI. One named participant, calQrisk, has secured a place to develop AI oversight tools inside the sandbox.
Why it's trending
The FCA is scaling its hands-on AI test environment and bringing Anthropic models into the regulated experimentation mix right now.
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If you think throwing models at finance is risky, wait until the regulator gives you the keys: Anthropic's Claude in the FCA Supercharged Sandbox could speed dangerous experiments, not slow them.
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- FCA reveals details of second Supercharged Sandbox group with support from Anthropic
The Financial Conduct Authority’s 'Supercharged Sandbox' launched last year to help firms experiment with advanced AI in a controlled environment Source
Open Banking ExpoJul 23 - calQrisk to develop AI oversight tools in FCA sandbox
calQrisk has secured a place on the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s Supercharged Sandbox, an innovation initiative aimed at fostering the next wave of AI tools for the financial services industry. Through the programme, chosen participants gain access to the regulator’s expertise, high-powered computing resources and synthetic financial datasets, allowing them to build and test emergi
FinTech GlobalJul 23 - Anthropic provides Claude access for FCA's Supercharged SandboxFinTech FuturesJul 23
- Anthropic to support AI tests in FCA's Supercharged Sandbox
Anthropic is joining the FCA's Supercharged Sandbox, providing access to Claude Code and Claude Cowork as firms experiment on AI use cases.
FinextraJul 22
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