Axios: U.S. blocks top Anthropic models

U.S. blocks top Anthropic models
 
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is interviewed on “The Circuit with Emily Chang” at Anthropic headquarters in San Francisco in April. Photo: Jason Henry/Bloomberg via Getty Images

When you use Claude this morning, it tells you: “Claude Fable 5 is currently unavailable.”

Here’s the backstory, as scooped last night by Axios’ Alex Isenstadt and Maria Curi:

The Trump administration is blocking foreign governments, companies and individuals from accessing Anthropic’s most advanced AI models.

The company promptly took the model down for everyone, just two days after releasing it with great fanfare.

Why it matters: The move marks an escalation in Washington’s effort to treat cutting-edge AI systems as national security assets. Anthropic is on a Pentagon blacklist deeming it too dangerous for the government’s own use, and in a Commerce Department licensing regime calling it too dangerous for foreign use.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sent a letter to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei yesterday saying that the Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models would be subject to export controls to any location outside of the U.S. and to all foreign persons within the country.

An administration official told Axios the Commerce Department decided to take the action after another company claimed it was able to jailbreak Mythos, alarming the administration about possible national security risks.

⏸️ The administration tried to get Anthropic to pause releasing the latest models but was unsuccessful, the official said, prompting the export control letter.

The model needs to remain locked down until the U.S. government’s national security apparatus is hardened, the official said, adding that could happen in the next few weeks.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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