Key facts
- President Trump stated that negotiations with Anthropic are 'going fine'.
- The U.S. government suspended foreign access to Anthropic's AI models, citing national security concerns.
- Anthropic shut down its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models in response to a U.S. Commerce Department directive.
- The directive invoked export control rules, banning non-Americans from accessing the models.
- The U.S. action has drawn criticism from security experts who question its justification and potential consequences.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis also attended a G7 CEO lunch on AI.
European leaders met with U.S. President Donald Trump and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the G7 summit, days after Washington suspended foreign access to the company's advanced AI models. Trump stated that negotiations with Anthropic are 'going fine' following the meeting.
The U.S. Commerce Department issued a letter to Anthropic invoking an export control directive, banning non-Americans from accessing its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models due to unspecified national security concerns. Anthropic responded by disabling both models for all customers.
Security researchers have questioned the government's reasoning, with some suggesting the move may have been retaliatory rather than based on a technical issue. Katie Moussouris, a cybersecurity researcher, noted that a described guardrail bypass should not have triggered an export control and called the directive "hasty, heavy-handed, and misguided."
Justin Hendrix, editor of Tech Policy Press, warned that the action could raise alarms in foreign capitals about the reliability of U.S. AI and set a dangerous precedent for government control over software releases.
The G7 CEO lunch, also attended by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, focused on AI security risks and economic growth. European officials aimed to advocate for a collaborative approach to AI security.