Another one of those stories that we really need Patrick Boyle for. 0 ▲ West Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more) 1 hour ago · Tech · 0 comments June 12 (Reuters) - Anthropic said on Friday it will "abruptly disable" its most advanced AI models for all users after the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing national security concerns.The company received the export control directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals, without being given specific details of its national security concern, Anthropic said in a statement. This is a bizarre story with all sorts of strange details and unexpected implications. Boyle's video overview is characteristically informative and thoughtful, too much so to summarize in a blog post, but there are a couple of points I should single out.As previously mentioned, claiming that their models can have horrifying, even cataclysmic effects has long been a key branding component of companies like Anthropic and OpenAI. Therefore, it's not surprising that the CEOs saw this announcement as a marketing opportunity.But while… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.