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How the world's top AI models were revived
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The fight that scrubbed the world's most powerful AI models from the internet featured personality clashes, industry confusion, and international backlash.
Key facts
- On June 12, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, at the direction of President Trump, called Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
- Anthropic's models are back online, but the impact of its 20-day showdown with the Trump administration will be long lasting
- Out of all of the administration officials Amazon's Andy Jassy could have called, it was Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who first heard about the jailbreaking issue found in the company report
- The fight that scrubbed the world's most powerful AI models from the internet featured personality clashes, industry confusion, and international backlash
Summary
Anthropic's models are back online, but the impact of its 20-day showdown with the Trump administration will be long lasting. Behind the scenes: It began when Amazon, Anthropic's partner and investor, sounded an alarm that was later disputed by cybersecurity experts. It warned about a "jailbreaking" issue it found with the AI lab's latest models, Mythos and Fable, meaning a technical flaw that could have caused a failure of their guardrails. Amazon flagged its concerns to the administration, triggering sweeping export controls.