Though I notice the directive pretty much forced Anthropic to block virtually everyone from Fable 5 regardless of location or nationality. Reads to me more as an attempt to punish Anthropic than to preserve US-specific competitive advantage.
Splainer (Material Conditions Acknowledger)
Let the sovereign AI war begin.
For years, people have worried that countries would eventually restrict access to frontier AI in order to preserve national competitive advantage. The recent USG directive against Anthropic’s Fable 5 effectively codified that concern.
