US Blocks Foreign Access To Anthropic's Most Advanced AI Models, Axios Reports

New Delhi: Anthropic said on Friday it has been ordered ​by the U.S. government to ‌suspend access for all foreign nationals to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial ​intelligence models, citing national security ​concerns.

The company said it received the ⁠export control directive on Friday ​from the government, which gave no specific ​details of its national security concern.

It is Anthropic's understanding, however, that the government believes ​it has become aware of a ​method of bypassing, or "jailbreaking," Fable 5, according to ‌the ⁠company's statement.

"The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 ​for all ​our ⁠customers to ensure compliance. Access to all other Anthropic ​models will not be affected," ​Anthropic ⁠said.

Anthropic added that it believed there was a "misunderstanding" and that it is ⁠working ​to restore access to ​the models as soon as possible.

The announcement marks Anthropic’s latest run-in with the U.S. government after a high-profile clash with the Department of Defense spilled into public view earlier this year.

After negotiations between the two organizations collapsed, the DOD declared Anthropic a supply chain risk, meaning the company purportedly threatens U.S. national security. 

The label has historically been reserved for foreign adversaries, and requires defense contractors to certify that they will not use Anthropic’s Claude models in their work with the military.

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