US’s Anthropic order exposes EU’s AI dependency

The U.S. Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to suspend non-U.S. citizens' access to its latest AI models, exposing Europe's heavy reliance on American AI technology. Anthropic complied by blocking all users, including U.S. citizens, highlighting the EU's dependency on U.S. cutting-edge AI.

BRUSSELS — The U.S. order to suspend foreigners' access to Anthropic's latest models is a stark reminder for Europe that it's heavily reliant on American AI models — and that the window to change that is closing. The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday ordered https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access Anthropic to cut non-U.S. citizens' access to the company's latest models. Anthropic suspended access for everyone https://www.politico.eu/article/anthropic-suspends-access-to-latest-ai-models-following-us-order/ , including U.S. citizens. Europe got the message: for the first time, Washington had pulled the plug on Europeans' access to U.S. cutting-edge technology.