How does the US government justify restricting access to AI models?

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The US government says national security concerns justify restricting foreign access to Anthropic’s AI models

The US government has justified its order restricting access to Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models by citing national security concerns. Anthropic said it received an export control directive that did not provide specific details about what that national security concern involved, but the company believes the government thinks a method for bypassing or “jailbreaking” Fable 5 has been discovered.
The directive cites national security, without detailing the concern
Anthropic said the US government ordered it to suspend access for all foreign nationals to Fable 5 and Mythos 5. The export control directive was issued with national security concerns as the stated justification, but it gave no specific details about what those concerns were.
Anthropic links the order to a suspected bypass of Fable 5
In its statement, Anthropic said it understood the government believed it had become aware of a method of bypassing or “jailbreaking” Fable 5. This belief, as described by the company, is the closest explanation available for why the government targeted those particular models.
Compliance requires disabling the models for all customers
Anthropic said the “net effect” of the order is that it must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers to ensure compliance. The company also said access to all other Anthropic models would not be affected.
The company says it is working to restore access
Anthropic added that it believed there was a “misunderstanding.” It said it is working to restore access to the models as soon as possible, while the US directive remains in force for foreign nationals.

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