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Anthropic to disable its most advanced AI models after US order limiting foreign access

Company said US government believes safeguards can be bypassed and product used to identify software vulnerabilities

Anthropic to disable its most advanced AI models after US order limiting foreign access

TL;DR

  • Anthropic must disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all customers after a US government order.
  • The order mandates suspending access for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns.
  • The government believes the models' safeguards can be bypassed to identify software vulnerabilities.
  • Anthropic disputes the finding of a narrow jailbreak being cause for recalling widely deployed commercial models.
  • This action escalates US efforts to halt foreign adversaries' AI capabilities.
  • A previous dispute involved Anthropic's refusal to allow US military use for domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons.
  • Anthropic filed confidentially for a US IPO last month.