Updating restrictions of sales to unsupported regions
6 days ago
- #National Security
- #AI Security
- #Regional Restrictions
- Anthropic's Terms of Service prohibit use in certain regions due to legal, regulatory, and security risks.
- Companies from restricted regions, like China, access services via subsidiaries, posing national security risks.
- Authoritarian regimes can compel companies to share data or cooperate with intelligence services, regardless of location.
- Subsidiaries could use Anthropic's capabilities to develop applications serving adversarial military or intelligence objectives.
- Anthropic is strengthening regional restrictions to prohibit companies controlled by unsupported regions, like China.
- New policy includes entities over 50% owned by companies in unsupported regions, regardless of operation location.
- Anthropic advocates for strong export controls, US energy projects for AI infrastructure, and rigorous AI model evaluations.
- Collective commitment is needed to prevent AI misuse by authoritarian adversaries and support democratic values.