National Security

The Government Killed Anthropic's Best AI Model in Three Days

Three days. That’s how long Anthropic’s most powerful AI model survived before the US government pulled the plug. On Friday the 13th — because of course it was — the Trump administration issued an export control directive ordering Anthropic to suspend all access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for any foreign national. Since there’s no clean way to verify every user’s nationality in real time, Anthropic had to shut down both models for everyone. ...

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The US Government Just Killed Anthropic's Best AI Models Overnight

The AI industry just got its biggest regulatory shock in years. On Friday evening, the US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to immediately suspend access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals — including Anthropic’s own employees. Anthropic’s response? They shut down both models for everyone. Because when you can’t verify citizenship at the API level with zero notice, the only compliant option is a full kill switch. ...

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The White House Just Treated an AI Model Like a National Security Crisis

When Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell all clear their schedules in the same week to discuss a single AI model, something fundamental has shifted. That’s exactly what happened around Anthropic’s limited release of Claude Mythos Preview. The U.S. government treated an AI model launch like a national security event — because it is one. Two Emergency Meetings, One Week The first gathering pulled together the heaviest hitters in tech: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, plus the heads of CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks. The agenda wasn’t benchmarks or market share. It was scenario-planning for a world where AI tips the cybersecurity balance toward attackers. ...

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Hair Dryers and Dummy Servers: Inside the $2.5 Billion Nvidia Chip Smuggling Bust

Federal agents arrested Super Micro Computer co-founder Wally Liaw on Thursday for allegedly running a $2.5 billion scheme to smuggle Nvidia-powered AI servers to China. The playbook included dummy servers staged in warehouses, hair dryers to peel off serial numbers, and a bribed auditor who skipped inspections to enjoy paid entertainment. This is the biggest AI export control enforcement action in U.S. history. And it reads like a heist movie. ...