US Government Allows Anthropic Limited Release of 'Mythos' AI Model, Saying 'Appropriate Safeguards are in Place" (cnn.com) 23
"The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its powerful Mythos AI model to select companies and organizations," reports CNN, "revising license requirements after ordering an export block earlier this month in the wake of national security fears."
Since the export ban earlier in June, "Anthropic has worked with the US government to address risks associated with the Covered Models," Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wrote to the company in a letter dated Friday. In light of progress in that work, Lutnick wrote, "I have determined that appropriate safeguards are in place to permit certain trusted partners to access the Claude Mythos 5 Model."
The letter does not include permission for Anthropic to release Fable, a less powerful version of Mythos. "We received notice from the US government that Mythos 5, our strongest cybersecurity model, can be redeployed to a small group of cyber defenders and infrastructure providers," Anthropic said in a statement...
Conversations between Anthropic and the government are expected to continue into the weekend, with an eye to restoring access to Fable, as well, a source familiar with the discussions told CNN.
The letter does not include permission for Anthropic to release Fable, a less powerful version of Mythos. "We received notice from the US government that Mythos 5, our strongest cybersecurity model, can be redeployed to a small group of cyber defenders and infrastructure providers," Anthropic said in a statement...
Conversations between Anthropic and the government are expected to continue into the weekend, with an eye to restoring access to Fable, as well, a source familiar with the discussions told CNN.
In other words (Score:4, Insightful)
The check cleared and Dear Leader's ass was sufficiently kissed.
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Yeah, Dario being a "pain in the ass" definitely justifies the government's action to block Anthropic from selling their product.
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The price is always a bribe. Everything else is a bonus.
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The party of small government deep-seeks over-regulation.
Any logic behind these actions or does this just indicate xAi-Elon has been the administrations puppet master all along?
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Here's the logic:
A populist movement that doesn't give a damn about the "Chamber of Commerce" Republicans has taken over the Republican Party, and the ideals of "conservatism" have been abandoned in principle in favor of "whatever the hell the 80 year old orange guy says."
And the 80-year-old orange guy isn't a conservative, and never has been. All these simps have been cucked into utter hypocrisy, and are asking for more every single day.
Vote accordingly.
Seriously, wtf? (Score:1)
Re:Seriously, wtf? (Score:4, Informative)
The current government. Under el Bunko, this government is just a protection racket.
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Because private enterprise is beholden to government regulation. And one specific regulation is US export controls.
I'm glad I could clear that up for you.
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Now it is occasional tech discussion lost under the downpour of political diarrhea.
Can you hear the sound of the AI bubble popping? (Score:3)
This is the beginning of the end for the AI bubble. And there's reasonable concern that may lead to recession if it's true the AI gold rush is what has been propping up economies in the face of all the other increasing political and economic turbulence.
AI is hitting a different wall than most people have been talking about. Before any AGI or "technological singularity", government is stepping in (for whatever motives/justifications) and restricting access.
New models can still come, but the most advanced will no longer be for the mass market. We're entering a new class-based regime where you have to be worthy to qualify for the most powerful new capabilities. And government is deciding who is worthy. So the new stuff will only be available to a privileged few.
To be fair, Anthropic and others (plus even OpenAI in the past) have been calling for society to create guardrails. They say the tech mega-corps have seemingly irresistible financial motives to rush AI forward with little regard for consequence. There are some compelling arguments there. And this is one initial answer to that wish. (Though perhaps authoritarian power is not the best answer.)
The bubble bursts because this is the end of massive releases for the most breathtakingly capable new LLM models. AI companies can no longer juice their investor appeal by throwing more $$$Billions at larger and larger models because now only a few can use them.
So investors will pull back. The gold rush ends and the "irrational exuberance" bubble pops. Investors will start to finally ask the questions they should have been about how supportable all these future contracts are for data centers, power, RAM, GPUs, etc. They can see the end of unlimited growh for AI. And the sell-off of companies without convincing answers will start.
Eventually, like in the DotCom bust, the underlying real value will remain and rise again after the downturn. But there's likely some hurt between here and there.
Still relevant? (Score:2)
Besides, anything Anthropic is peddling, everyone else will have shortly after.