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 disappearances and deaths of at least 10 scientists, researchers and staffers who worked on nuclear and space programs are raising alarms on Capitol Hill. The big picture: The cases date back to at least 2023, but national security concerns prompted a House Oversight Committee investigation. - Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) sent letters to FBI Director Kash Patel, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, seeking information on the deaths and disappearances, and "the processes and procedures in place to protect American scientific secrets and ensure personnel safety." What prompted the probe? The committee's letter did not cite a specific reason…
The Pentagon is highlighting new national security concerns about Anthropic's use of foreign workers, including from China, according to a court filing. Why it matters: The Defense Department is raising red flags about a key element of the AI industry — its reliance on global talent — as it moves to dismiss Anthropic's lawsuit . What they're saying: "Anthropic employs a large number of foreign nationals to build and support its LLM products, including many from the Peoples Republic of China (PRC)," a March 17 declaration from Pentagon undersecretary Emil Michael states. - The use of those workers, Michael wrote, "increases the degree of adversarial risk should those employees comply with the PRC's National Intelligence Law." -…