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Commission reviews dropping AWS and Anthropic from its own recruitment tool

A Commission spokesperson confirmed the EU executive is evaluating replacing Amazon Web Services and Anthropic's Claude, used in its Job Matching Application recruitment tool, with European alternatives, after a leaked staff memo raised CLOUD Act concerns.

Reported Editor-read Euractiv, reported via Caliber.Az, 3 August 2026

What it does not test. This does not establish that the Commission will actually switch providers, only that a review began after the leak.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Only a review begun after leak; no vendor switch decided, single internal tool. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-24. How the record is made

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