Reports surface that the two sides are moving closer to an agreement to lift the export controls, pending multi-agency approval.
High-Level Talks
Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown meets with Lutnick and other senior administration officials to negotiate removal of the restrictions.
Export Controls Imposed
Commerce Secretary Lutnick sends a letter to Anthropic barring foreign national access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 over security concerns; the company disables global access.
The U.S. government’s unprecedented use of export controls on AI models raises profound constitutional and regulatory questions. As Anthropic negotiates a resolution, legal experts see a template for future AI governance emerging.
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