Like its AI policy, the Trump administration's AI team is taking shape on the fly. Why it matters: Departures among key White House officials, combined with rapid advances in technology, are shaking up who's taking the lead on AI policy in the administration. The big picture: Silicon Valley figures David Sacks and Siriam Krishnan have served as key architects of the administration's AI agenda. But with Sacks stepping back from day-to-day involvement and Krishnan preparing to leave, influence is shifting inside the White House to a broader group of officials and aides. Here's who's running the show — for now. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Lutnick's signature was on the letter that sparked the latest confrontation between Anthropic…
The White House's move to restrict access to Anthropic's latest AI model — using what is known as export controls — could harm the long-term financial prospects of the entire U.S. AI industry. Why it matters: Anthropic and OpenAI's valuations depend on the global adoption of their most advanced models, and government restrictions could limit that growth. Zoom in: If this move is more than a temporary blip, "it's not great news for U.S. tech firms or for those assuming breakneck speed of AI adoption," Jim Reid, global head of macro at Deutsche Bank, wrote in a research note. - Hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent by the data center hyperscalers and the AI labs to fund their ambitions, seeking to eventually profit from…
AI:The White House has implemented new export controls restricting access to Anthropic’s advanced AI models, a move that threatens the financial stability and global adoption goals of the entire American AI industry. By limiting the reach of top-tier technology from leaders like Anthropic and OpenAI, the government risks stifling the revenue growth of these massive firms just as they prepare for public offerings. These regulatory interventions create significant uncertainty for tech hyperscalers and could inadvertently drive international markets toward Chinese open-source alternatives, undermining American technological dominance by encouraging the development of non-U.S. competitors.Open
The Trump administration has made exporting American AI a key part of its plans for global AI dominance, but ad hoc policy decisions around the most advanced AI are threatening that effort. Why it matters: A flagship U.S. program designed to boost AI exports could be undermined by the very administration that created it. - "The government's willingness to arbitrarily and abruptly remove America's best models from all foreign use shows that the strategy behind the AI Export Program is no longer relevant to decision makers in the U.S. government," Dean Ball, a former AI adviser in the Trump administration, told Axios. Driving the news: The Trump administration slapped export controls on Anthropic's newest model Fable 5 due to…
The Trump administration says it wants American AI to dominate the world. - But its decision to force Anthropic to abruptly cut off access to one of its most advanced models risks sending foreign governments and companies a very different message: Don't build your future on U.S. AI. Why it matters: As the Trump administration shapes its AI regulatory regime in real time, the precedents it sets could reverberate far beyond an individual showdown with Anthropic. Catch up quick: The last month of AI policymaking has been a blur of zigs and zags by the administration. - First Trump delayed an executive order that would have created a voluntary reporting system for advanced AI releases. He said he didn't want to threaten America's lead over…
The Trump administration weighed export controls on Anthropic weeks before forcing its AI model offline, after a dispute over sharing its technology with a China-linked firm.
The White House imposed export controls on Anthropic's latest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on Friday, raising questions about how far the government is willing to go to regulate AI
Anthropic has once again found itself in the Trump administration's crosshairs over an inability to communicate effectively, sources tell Axios. Why it matters: Governing the world's most consequential technology is coming down to speaking President Trump's language. - Anthropic failed to "honor" a recent cyber executive order, administration officials claim, and the company's purported failure to take the matter seriously led to its most powerful products being scrubbed from the internet. - "Everybody said Anthropic was a bad actor. Some of us said it was time to give them a chance. Now those people are questioning that. They screwed us," an administration official said. Catch up quick: On Thursday, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy called…
Senior technical Anthropic staff are in Washington to meet with White House officials to try to fix a dispute that has taken the company's top models offline , a source close to the company tells Axios. Why it matters: Anthropic is mobilizing quickly to make amends with the Trump administration, after safety concerns resulted in sweeping export controls on its most powerful models, Mythos and Fable. Driving the news: Administration officials claim Anthropic has not engaged in a serious manner. - But Anthropic technical staff have held virtual meetings with White House officials since the administration's initial outreach on Friday, according to the source. - Sources from both sides say they are eager to resolve the issue. This is a…
State of the Union: The technology company said it would disable Mythos 5 and Fable 5 for all customers. The post White House Bars Foreign Nationals From Anthropic’s ‘Mythos’ AI appeared first on The American Conservative .
The U.S. government directed the artificial intelligence company Anthropic to block all non-Americans from using two of its most powerful models, the firm announced Friday. Anthropic said in a statement that it would cut off all customers’ access to the models—Fable 5 and Mythos 5—to ensure compliance with the unprecedented directive. Mythos has alarmed U.S. officials because of its ability to exploit cybersecurity vulnerabilities, helping drive the Trump administration to issue an executive order earlier this month requesting that AI firms grant the government early access to cutting-edge models. Commerce Secretary Howard Luttnick had sent a letter to Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei on Friday informing him that the models would…Open