Amazon security research reportedly led to the White House’s Anthropic Fable ban (opens original article in a new tab)

Amazon's security research reportedly influenced the White House to restrict foreign access to Anthropic's AI models, leading to disputes over the classification of the issue and impacts on researchers.

• Amazon's cybersecurity research contributed to the White House's decision to block foreign access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models
• Anthropic disputed the government's characterization of the issue as a 'jailbreak' and argued similar vulnerabilities exist in other models
• The White House's decision led to foreign-born Anthropic researchers being barred from accessing their own product
• Previous tensions between Anthropic and the Trump administration included disputes over AI use in surveillance and lethal weapons
• The government and Anthropic had previously collaborated to expand access to Mythos before this latest conflict