WSJ: Amazon security research on Anthropic's Fable 5 prompted White House export restrictions
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Terrence O'Brien
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Summary
According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon's cybersecurity research on Anthropic's Fable 5 model—showing it could be prompted to serve information useful for cyberattacks—led to a White House export control directive. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy shared the findings with government officials, after which the administration blocked foreign nation-state use of the model. Amazon has not yet commented on the report.
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· 3 pulledAccording to the Wall Street Journal, the export control directive that led to Anthropic cutting off access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 was triggered in part by cybersecurity research from Amazon and conversations between CEO Andy Jassy and the White House.
According to the report, the paper from Amazon claims that, through a series of prompts, it was able to get Fable 5 to serve up information that could be used in cyberattacks.
Shortly after Jassy shared the company's findings with the government, it made the call to block its use by foreign nat
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