The US orders foreign entities to block Anthropic's advanced AI; the company shuts down its services globally.

Anthropic has announced it will suspend the use of its most advanced AI models after the U.S. government issued export controls prohibiting foreign nationals from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security reasons. This reflects the expanding scope of control from AI chips to the AI ​​models themselves.

On June 13, 2569, Reuters reported that: Anthropic, a US artificial intelligence (AI) company, revealed that it will “suddenly disable” its most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for all users. Following an order from the U.S. government to suspend access to the model for foreigners, citing national security concerns.

The company stated that it was ordered under export controls, which prohibit foreigners from accessing both models, whether inside or outside the United States. As a result, Anthropic had to decide to shut down access for all customers to ensure compliance with government requirements.

Anthropic further stated that the government did not provide clear details about the security threats that justified the order. The company understands that government agencies are concerned about the possibility that users might find ways to “jailbreak” or bypass Fable 5’s security systems and use the model to find software vulnerabilities or support advanced cyberattacks.

However, Anthropic disagreed with the order, stating that the evidence received was merely verbal information about limited loopholes and that the regulatory process lacked transparency and fairness according to regulatory practices.

This move comes amid strained relations between Anthropic and the U.S. government. Previously, the company had refused to allow the U.S. military to use its AI technology for domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons systems, leading to disputes with several U.S. security agencies.

Analysts view this order as a significant turning point in U.S. policy, as it is one of the first times export controls have been applied directly to AI models, rather than limiting them to AI hardware or processing chips as in the past. It could become the new norm for regulating advanced AI technology in the future.

refer : reuters.com

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