White House · Anthropic · Claude · Mythos · Donald Trump · U.S. · Wired
The White House Is Making Up Its Rules for AI in Real Time
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It’s been nearly a week since the Trump administration sent an export control directive to Anthropic, forcing one of the world’s leading AI labs to pull its most advanced models offline.
Key facts
- Separately, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raised concerns to US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent that some of the guardrails on Claude Fable 5, a safeguarded version of Mythos, could be circumvented
- After days of negotiations between Anthropic and the White House, the two still remain at odds about how to bring Claude Mythos and Fable 5 back
- All of Anthropic’s customers are locked out, too, including Apple, Meta, and much of the Fortune 500
- This saga proved to me that they're now officially in the Wild West era of American AI regulation
Summary
Throughout this entire debacle, Anthropic doesn’t believe it violated any concrete procedures or rules laid out by the Trump administration, according to a person close to the company. This saga proved to me that they're now officially in the Wild West era of American AI regulation. “The problem here is that the White House has been in this extreme anti-regulatory posture, and they’re now faced with the real AI capabilities that people have been predicting for many years,” says a former White House technology official, who asked to remain anonymous to avoid jeopardizing their professional relationships. The Trump administration has repeatedly blocked efforts to impose guardrails on the AI industry, often arguing the rules could hamper US innovation and lead the country to fall behind rivals like China.