{"id":7275,"date":"2026-06-14T16:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/us-asks-anthropic-to-block-global-access-to-top-ai-models-why-it-matters\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T16:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:35:28","slug":"us-asks-anthropic-to-block-global-access-to-top-ai-models-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/us-asks-anthropic-to-block-global-access-to-top-ai-models-why-it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"US asks Anthropic to block global access to top AI models: Why it matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The administration of US President Donald Trump has barred foreigners from accessing the top AI models developed by Anthropic, citing national security concerns, underscoring the US government\u2019s policy of export controls over advanced technology.<\/p>\n<p>The United States\u2019 measures come less than a week after Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, rolled out a new \u200cartificial intelligence (AI) model named \u2060Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/6\/1\/ai-giant-anthropic-files-for-us-ipo-as-investors-bet-big-on-ai-future\">AI giant Anthropic files for US IPO as investors bet big on AI future<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/6\/4\/elon-musks-spacex-eyes-1-77tn-valuation-ahead-of-historic-ipo\">Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX eyes $1.77tn valuation ahead of blockbuster IPO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/6\/5\/anthropic-urges-ai-labs-to-pause-warns-humans-risk-losing-control\">Anthropic urges AI labs to pause, warns humans risk losing control<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees,\u201d Anthropic said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/news\/fable-mythos-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a blog post<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The latest move has reignited the feud between Anthropic and the Trump administration. The San Francisco-based company is suing the administration after it was put on a supply chain blacklist for its refusal to allow the US military to use its AI models for domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons systems.<\/p>\n<p>Will this new US order further rupture ties between the White House and the AI firm?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what we know:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-s-behind-the-us-order\">What\u2019s behind the US order?<\/h2>\n<p>Anthropic said the US government gave the company an order citing national security concerns, but did not specify further details.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/06\/13\/2026\/white-house-move-to-limit-anthropic-linked-to-concerns-about-chinese-access-to-mythos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to<\/a> a June 14 article by US news outlet Semafor, the order was issued partly over suspicions that a China-linked group had accessed Anthopic\u2019s new AI model.<\/p>\n<p>China has made big strides in the AI in recent years, with Chinese AI firm DeepSeek releasing generative AI models DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1 using a fraction of cost compared to its American counterparts. Beijing also monopolises rare earth supply chains, which are critical to the AI sector.<\/p>\n<p>Semafor noted that David Sacks, an adviser to President Trump, revealed in a post on X how the government found out about security issues with Anthropic\u2019s AI model, which led to the export control order.<\/p>\n<p>The government received a warning that Fable 5 could be jailbroken, Sachs said, adding that when Anthopic\u2019s co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei was notified, the company did nothing to fix it.<\/p>\n<p>In its blog post on Friday, Anthropic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/news\/fable-mythos-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the US government had given it only \u201cverbal evidence of a potential narrow, non-universal jailbreak\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon\u2019s chief information officer, Kirsten Davies, said in a post on X on June 13 that the US Defense Department supported prioritising national security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome things are simply more important than revenue cycles, clickbait, and pre-IPO valuation. America First. Always,\u201d Davies <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DoWCIODavies\/status\/2065613741069111557?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera, however, could not independently confirm the veracity of the media reports.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-are-the-ai-models-that-will-be-affected\">What are the AI models that will be affected?<\/h2>\n<p>Anthropic\u2019s Fable 5 model, released earlier this week and based on Mythos technology, is blocked due to the US government order.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have told the Reuters news agency that Mythos models, in the wrong hands, could dramatically accelerate sophisticated cyberattacks, particularly in sectors such as banking that rely on complex, interconnected, and often decades-old technology systems.<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic said earlier this week that it had worked with the US government, among others, on safety ahead of the Fable launch and that models from rival AI providers showed a similar ability to unearth minor bugs in code.<\/p>\n<p>Other major AI developers, such as OpenAI, have also developed similar AI models but have generally avoided such strict direct restrictions from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the latest order from the US government, Anthropic said on Friday: \u201cThe net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all \u2060our customers to ensure compliance. Access to all other Anthropic models will not be affected.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-will-the-us-order-impact-global-research-and-foreign-workers\">How will the US order impact global research and foreign workers?<\/h2>\n<p>The latest measures aim to decide who can use software developed in the US and are part of the Trump administration\u2019s policy of export control over high technology, especially in critical sectors such as AI and semiconductors. The US government has previously imposed restrictions and regulations on the sale of chips by tech giants such as Nvidia and AMD.<\/p>\n<p>The latest order could be detrimental to global research and development as research institutions, including foreign ones that collaborate with the US firm, will lose access to such cutting-edge technology.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, many global companies like equity and research firm S&#038;P use Anthropic\u2019s Claude software to integrate their databases. This, in turn, helps financial advisers, investors and financial analysts access data from S&#038;P in an efficient manner.<\/p>\n<p>Besides companies,\u00a0foreigners working in the US on H1-B visas as well as people living outside the US will not be able to access Anthropic\u2019s new advanced AI model.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, several key Anthropic personnel, including co-founder Chris Olah, AI researcher Andrej Karpathy and philosopher Amanda Askell, were born outside the US. But it is unclear whether they will also lose access to the software.<\/p>\n<p>The move will also impact the workflow and productivity of companies in the US that use Anthropic, analysts say, with some employees unable to use the AI firm\u2019s advanced software.<\/p>\n<p>Some users on X have shared more ramifications.<\/p>\n<p>Kun Chen, an X user who is a member of the tech community and a former L8 engineer at Meta, Microsoft, and Atlassian, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kunchenguid\/status\/2065636750408700103?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the US government has made a mistake with this order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing \u2018foreign national\u2019 as the criteria to gate the model is just not very smart. It\u2019s clearly not enforceable in practice and would obviously lead to a wide ban. And it\u2019s also pretty useless \u2013 there are plenty of Americans more hostile towards the US than foreigners\u2026 and it\u2019s also easy to bypass by people with real malicious intent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sridhar Vembu, the co-founder of the Indian multinational company Zoho, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/svembu\/status\/2065637118999990528?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on X that this US order has shown that \u201ctechnology is the ultimate weapon\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNational sovereignty, national security, all of it is now about technology,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vembu also emphasised that it is a chance for countries like India to improve their own AI.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Anthropic has said that it believed there was a \u201cmisunderstanding\u201d and that it is working to restore access to the models as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The administration of US President Donald Trump has barred foreigners from accessing the top AI models developed by Anthropic, citing national security concerns, underscoring the US government\u2019s policy of export controls over advanced technology. 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