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Anthropic's sudden move to suspend access to its newest AI models following a U.S. government directive has raised fresh questions across the global technology industry.

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The Information: Sources: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is among tech leaders who raised concerns with Trump officials about Mythos 5, setting in motion new export restrictions

Politico: US officials: the Trump administration's decision to impose export controls on Anthropic followed multiple tense calls between Dario Amodei and admin officials

New York Times: US barring foreign nationals, including Anthropic staffers in the US, from using Fable 5 and Mythos 5 marks a new phase in the US trying to control Anthropic

Nathan Rennolds / Associated Press: European political figures say Anthropic disabling access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 is a “wake-up call” about the risks of depending on the US for AI tech

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: Luta Security CEO says US government restrictions on Mythos follow a jailbreak report by Amazon researchers and calls the restrictions a “complete overreaction”

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Source: the White House imposed export controls on Mythos partly over suspicions a China-linked group had accessed it

Leo Schwartz / The Information: Source: the White House is unlikely to extend export restrictions to other AI companies

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The Information: Sources: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is among tech leaders who raised concerns with Trump officials about Mythos 5, setting in motion new export restrictions

Politico: US officials: the Trump administration's decision to impose export controls on Anthropic followed multiple tense calls between Dario Amodei and admin officials

New York Times: US barring foreign nationals, including Anthropic staffers in the US, from using Fable 5 and Mythos 5 marks a new phase in the US trying to control Anthropic

Nathan Rennolds / Associated Press: European political figures say Anthropic disabling access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 is a “wake-up call” about the risks of depending on the US for AI tech

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Source: the White House imposed export controls on Mythos partly over suspicions a China-linked group had accessed it

Leo Schwartz / The Information: Source: the White House is unlikely to extend export restrictions to other AI companies

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OpenAI was subpoenaed on Friday by a coalition of state AGs for documents covering a wide range of its activities and impact on users

Company subpoenaed for documents covering wide range of its activities and impact on users

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Crypto-data provider Blockworks says it has acquired its rival Messari; source: Blockworks paid more than $10M for Messari, which was valued at $300M in 2022

Buyer pays more than $10 million for company valued at around $300 million in 2022

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Moonshot AI releases Kimi K2.7-Code, claiming 30% lower reasoning token usage compared to K2.6, available under a modified MIT license

Moonshot AI released Kimi K2.7-Code this week, an open-source update to its K2 coding model family, claiming leaner reasoning and double-digit performance gains.

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