Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic model concerns before government crackdown

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy whitethorn person been the root of information concerns that led Anthropic to chopped disconnected worldwide entree to 2 models connected Friday.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Jassy told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and different authorities officials that Amazon researchers utilized Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 to get accusation that could beryllium utilized successful cyberattacks. The authorities subsequently imposed an export power prohibition connected the Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models.

An Amazon spokesperson told the WSJ that portion it’s “not uncommon for governments to question our counsel connected imaginable information risks,” the institution does not disclose “the details of those discussions.”

The Information and Reuters likewise reported that Amazon (a major Anthropic investor) had shared concerns astir the information of Anthropic’s models.

David Sacks, who Trump’s erstwhile AI czar who present co-chairs the President’s Council of Advisors connected Science and Technology, offered his ain relationship of the discussions, claiming that “a highly credible trusted spouse of some Anthropic and the USG […] came guardant with [information about] a jailbreak.”

Sacks added, “The Admin asked [Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei] to hole the jailbreak oregon de-deploy the model. Dario refused.”

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