US Government Blocks Anthropic AI Models Following Amazon CEO's Security Alert: Reports
Amazon's Andy Jassy, along with several other technology companies, contacted the Trump administration with concerns that led to Friday's suspension of international access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models.
US President Donald Trump's administration made the determination to restrict international access to Anthropic's most advanced AI models following alerts from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, according to reports.
A Wall Street Journal report indicates that Jassy reached out to high-ranking government officials on Thursday following Amazon researchers' discovery of a method to manipulate Anthropic's Fable 5 model into producing information with potential applications in cyberattacks.
This communication, combined with alerts from a minimum of five additional companies, sparked an urgent scramble inside the White House to evaluate the potential threat and reach out to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who according to reports resisted the administration's worries and requests to voluntarily withdraw the model.
In reaction, the Admin issued the export control. The Admin did this reluctantly. [I am] very surprised that Anthropic hasn't wanted to cooperate with a reasonable safety request (ie fixing the jailbreak issue).
David Sacks, co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
The incident provides insight into the circumstances that resulted in the US directive compelling Anthropic to withdraw its latest model from public availability on Friday night. Anthropic Claude is calculated to maintain approximately 18,900 monthly active users.
Through a blog post published on Friday, Anthropic expressed its belief that the US directive stemmed from a misconception regarding the danger presented by a "non-universal jailbreak," originating from an anonymous report.
Amazon declined to verify whether it communicated with government officials regarding Anthropic's models.
As a leading cloud provider that serves a large number of private and public sector customers, it's not uncommon for governments to seek our counsel on potential security risks. When they occur, we don't share the details of these discussions.
Amazon spokesperson
Anthropic stated it is making efforts to reinstate access for its users.
The Admin's hope now is that Anthropic remediates the safety issue. The Admin wants all of this to happen as soon as possible.
David Sacks
AI tokens surge after Anthropic crackdown
The situation has additionally highlighted the US government's capability to rapidly disable access to AI models based in the United States upon request, resulting in a spike in decentralized AI tokens on Friday and Saturday.
Bittensor's native token, part of a decentralized AI protocol enabling individuals to construct and profit from artificial intelligence models, sometimes called "the Bitcoin of AI," jumped 23.9% over the past 24 hours.
Venice Token (VVV), serving as the native utility and privacy coin that drives Venice AI, a decentralized, uncensored AI platform created by Erik Voorhees, climbed 16%.
Near Protocol, a blockchain initiative developing the infrastructure to enable a decentralized AI agent economy, increased 6.2%.
