Inside the 24 hours that led to pulling Fable 5
5 hours ago
- #National Security
- #AI Regulation
- #Export Controls
- The Trump administration imposed export controls on Anthropic's AI models after failing to persuade the company to voluntarily remove them over security concerns.
- Senior officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and White House Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, held tense calls with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, urging the removal of the Fable model following vulnerabilities reported by Amazon.
- Anthropic resisted pulling the model, defending its guardrails and arguing the bypass was limited, but the administration proceeded with export controls citing national security.
- Anthropic claimed the government's action was disproportionate and disputed accounts of the timeline, stating it was given only 90 minutes to comply without detailed threat information.
- The incident highlights ongoing tensions between the administration and Anthropic over AI regulation, safety, and previous disagreements on issues like domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons.