President Trump is redefining what it means to be a U.S. ally in the AI era. Why it matters: For the White House , it's now about how partners can help the U.S. win the AI race. - For decades, shared values and security interests have underpinned alliances with Europe and other partners around the world. Under Trump, that's no longer enough. - As AI becomes central to economic and military power, frontier AI models, chips and infrastructure are turning into new instruments of American influence. Driving the news: The Trump administration is blocking allies from accessing the world's most powerful models, playing it close to the vest and criticizing Europe for not having its own robust AI industry. - With export controls on Fable and…
Anthropic's Fable 5 model came back online for users on Wednesday, after the Trump administration lifted an export control late Tuesday. Why it matters: It's the most powerful publicly available AI tool — so capable that the U.S. government decided Anthropic had to add further safety measures in order to make it broadly available. Driving the news: Fable is available to all customers, Anthropic said, though queries it deems to pose security or safety risks may be routed to less powerful models. - For the most part, customers who want to use Fable will have to do so outside of any subscription plan, paying for the tokens they use. - Anthropic says that, until July 7, subscribers can tap Fable for up to half of their included data…
State of the Union: Claude Fable 5 will be available for public use Wednesday. The post U.S. Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic AI Models appeared first on The American Conservative .
On Tuesday, AI company Anthropic announced that the U.S. government had lifted export controls on its newest models, following a more than two-week suspension prompted by cybersecurity concerns. Anthropic said that Claude Fable 5 would be available to consumers worldwide starting on Wednesday, although use of the more capable Claude Mythos 5 will remain limited to certain approved organizations. Access to both models had been blocked since June 12, when the Trump Administration imposed restrictions on their use by foreign nationals. The White House was concerned that Anthropic’s safeguards could be bypassed to help identify software vulnerabilities, allowing for disruptive cyberattacks at potentially large scale. In response,…Open
The Trump administration plans to lift export controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 AI model as soon as Tuesday night, a U.S. official tells Axios. Why it matters: The decision, eagerly awaited by AI developers, restores public access to the company's powerful Mythos-class model that had been pulled for security reasons 18 days ago. Driving the news: Last week, the Trump administration allowed Anthropic to restore access to Mythos 5 for a select group of government-approved organizations. - Sources also told Axios last week Fable 5 could return as soon as this week. The big picture: The U.S. government's desired role in regulating and evaluating frontier AI models before release is still up in the air — creating an ad hoc…
Washington is racing to sell the world on American AI just as China's cheap and capable models are becoming harder to ignore. Why it matters: Chinese models don't have to beat OpenAI or Anthropic to reshape the global AI order. They just have to be useful, available and widely adopted. Between the lines: Experts argue that two key things are kneecapping the U.S. government's desire to export American AI: - An erratic export controls strategy that involves making decisions about access to advanced models on the fly. - Not paying sufficient attention to China's efforts to spread its open-source AI models abroad while deploying AI at scale across manufacturing, health care and other industries domestically. Driving the news: The State…
OpenAI rolled out a cybersecurity model that rivals the capabilities of Mythos — without nearly as much fanfare or political pushback as Anthropic received. Why it matters: The seemingly straightforward model release raises questions about what actually triggered the Trump administration's concerns about Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Catch up quick: OpenAI debuted an update to GPT-5.5-Cyber on Monday as part of a slew of announcements aimed at deepening its work with cybersecurity companies and researchers. Yes, but: The new GPT-5.5-Cyber achieved an 85.6% score in CyberGym, an internal benchmark that measures whether an AI agent can reproduce known software vulnerabilities. - In comparison, Mythos 5 scored 83.8% on the same…
State of the Union: The move follows the U.S. State Department’s decision to issue export controls over Anthropic’s most advanced model. The post Five Eyes Warns of AI Threat, Urges Companies to Adopt AI appeared first on The American Conservative .
Cybersecurity agencies in the United States and its “Five Eyes” allied nations issued a rare joint statement Monday warning that frontier AI models are expected to fundamentally transform offensive cyber capabilities within months and that adversaries may succeed in developing attacks against Western governments and companies. Signed by agency heads from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the U.S., the communiqué warned leaders they must “act now” as AI increases the “speed, scale and sophistication of cyber threats.” The statement urges western companies to adopt AI models to strengthen their cyberdefenses, in ways the Financial Times described as “de facto outlining an arms race between targets and…Open
President Trump reached the point last week of viewing Anthropic as a national security threat , he said in an exclusive interview for "The Axios Show," though he signaled that relations have improved since. Why it matters: National security concerns and personality clashes landed AI heavyweight Anthropic in the middle of a government crackdown with domestic and international repercussions. - Between the Commerce Department's imposition of sweeping export controls and the Pentagon's designating it a supply chain risk, the company has faced treatment typically reserved for foreign adversaries. What they're saying: Axios' Marc Caputo asked Trump in a wide-ranging White House interview if he viewed Anthropic, or CEO Dario Amodei, as a…
The Trump administration entered office promising to get government out of the AI industry's way. It hasn't worked out that way. Why it matters: The White House says AI shouldn't be regulated, but it's shaping the industry through case-by-case interventions without clear rules, creating major uncertainty. - What has emerged is a shadow AI policy, one that shapes the AI industry's future without ever spelling out the rules. The big picture: The Trump administration has made opposition to AI regulation a cornerstone of its AI agenda, rescinding Biden-era requirements and arguing that excessive rules would slow innovation. - Yet its light-touch, hands-off vision for AI has given way to an ad hoc system of company-specific interventions…