Days after Anthropic abruptly suspended access to its latest AI models following a US government directive, questions continue to swirl around both the circumstances that led to the Trump administration’s decision and its broader implications for the global AI ecosystem.
Anthropic in a blog post on Friday, June 12, said it received an export control directive, citing national security authorities, from the US Commerce Department to stop any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including its own foreign national employees, from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5 — two AI models underpinned by Mythos Preview, which the AI startup has described as its most powerful model yet.
To comply with the directive, Anthropic said that it had to disable access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all its customers, including US citizens. The reactions poured in almost immediately. Across Europe and the UK, many viewed the move as a stark reminder of how heavily they rely on US-based AI model providers.
Similarly, in India, it reignited a long-running debate over technological sovereignty. Several Indian founders, investors, and policy experts took to social media, debating whether the country should accelerate efforts to build its own AI infrastructure, invest more aggressively in open-source alternatives, or continue relying on foreign frontier models. Here’s a quick roundup of the most notable reactions so far.
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