Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City, U.S., February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
- Summary
- Companies
- Anthropic shut down AI models globally after US national security orders
- US government cited risk of jailbreaking Fable 5 to identify software vulnerabilities
- Experts question export controls affecting allies, calling move poorly considered
June 13 (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab CEO Andy Jassy was among tech leaders who raised concerns to senior Trump administration officials this week about security risks in Anthropic’s most advanced AI models, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Jassy’s involvement sheds light on the extraordinary move by Anthropic on Friday to shut down its latest models globally in response to national security orders from President Donald Trump’s administration.
The San Francisco-based AI startup, which has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, had previously warned about the hacking capabilities of its Mythos model and held it back from wide release, but earlier this week, Anthropic rolled out a public version, called Fable, with what it described as cybersecurity safeguards.
That brief release ended on Friday. In a blog post, Anthropic said the U.S. government told the company it believes there is a method of bypassing, or “jailbreaking,” a safeguard against using the model to find cybersecurity holes.
The bypass found only “minor” security flaws that other publicly available models can also find, Anthropic said in its blog post.
The Trump administration ordered Anthropic to block any foreign nationals, whether inside or outside the U.S., from using both its latest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, the company said. In response, Anthropic said it would disable access to the models globally.
Amazon did not confirm whether it spoke to government officials about Anthropic’s models.
“As a leading cloud provider that serves a large number of private and public sector customers, it’s not uncommon for governments to seek our counsel on potential security risks,” an Amazon spokesperson said. “When they occur, we don’t share the details of these discussions.”
EXPORT CONTROLS
The Information, a technology news outlet, earlier on Saturday reported Jassy’s concerns. The Information, citing a U.S. official, later reported that the administration was unlikely to force other AI firms to abide by restrictions similar to those placed on Anthropic.
