The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak (opens original article in a new tab)

The U.S. government's export control directive forced Anthropic to remove its AI models, raising concerns about government overreach and potential risks to cybersecurity.

• U.S. Commerce Department sent Anthropic a letter invoking an export control directive to ban non-Americans from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5 citing national security concerns
• Anthropic shut down its top models to comply with the directive, leading to concerns about government overreach in AI regulation
• Security experts criticized the export control as hasty and misguided, arguing it could weaken AI models for defense purposes