"They screwed us": Personality clashes sent Anthropic's models offline
Summary
Anthropic, an AI company, clashed with the Trump administration over communication and security issues. As a result, the government imposed export controls that forced Anthropic to take some of its AI models offline.Key Facts
- Anthropic did not fully follow a recent cybersecurity order from the government, according to officials.
- The company’s powerful AI models, Mythos and Fable, were removed from the internet after export controls were applied.
- Amazon raised concerns that Mythos and Fable could be “jailbroken,” meaning hacked to bypass controls.
- Anthropic said it had approval to release the Fable model, but the government disagreed and acted.
- The disagreement was partly due to poor communication and different perspectives between Anthropic and the administration.
- The government was worried Mythos was shared with a group linked to the Chinese Communist Party.
- Anthropic revoked access to Mythos for a global telecom company after the government raised export control threats.
- Future meetings are planned between Anthropic staff and U.S. government agencies to resolve the issues.
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