LONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Britain will explore the use

of AI startup Anthropic's chatbot Claude to improve how people

interact with public information and services, the government

said on Friday.

Anthropic, a rival to ChatGPT owner OpenAI and backed by

Google and Amazon ( AMZN ), has signed a memorandum of

understanding with the UK government for the collaboration.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to make the UK an

artificial intelligence "superpower", promising to boost

productivity in public services through AI and take a

pro-innovation approach to regulation.

"Today's partnership with Anthropic delivers our commitment

to make the UK the best place to build frontier AI, so the

benefits of this transformative technology are felt by people

and businesses across the country," Britain's technology

minister Peter Kyle said.

Anthropic's Claude is already in use by governments and

public institutions including the European parliament, which

uses the chatbot to make its archives more easily accessible,

reducing the time needed for document search and analysis.