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Amazon CEO's Reported Concerns Led to Anthropic Model Crackdown
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly raised security concerns about Anthropic's AI models with government officials, leading to an export control ban on two models.
The Lead
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy may have been the source of security concerns that led Anthropic to cut off worldwide access to two models on Friday.Government Intervention
The Wall Street Journal reports that Jassy told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other government officials that Amazon researchers used Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 to obtain information that could be used in cyberattacks. The government subsequently imposed an export control ban on the Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models.Amazon's Stance
An Amazon spokesperson told the WSJ that while it’s “not uncommon for governments to seek our counsel on potential security risks,” the company does not disclose “the details of those discussions.”Industry Impact
- The Information and Reuters similarly reported that Amazon (a major Anthropic investor) had shared concerns about the security of Anthropic’s models.
- David Sacks, who Trump’s former AI czar who now co-chairs the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, offered his own account of the discussions, claiming that “a highly credible trusted partner of both Anthropic and the USG […] came forward with [information about] a jailbreak.”
- Sacks added, “The Admin asked [Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei] to fix the jailbreak or de-deploy the model. Dario refused.”