White House orders Anthropic to take down AI model Fable over hacking concerns
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Ian Duncan, Gerrit De Vynck, Ellen Nakashima, Cat Zakrzewski
Day-old at best. Try it dunked in something stronger.
Summary
The Trump administration ordered AI company Anthropic to take its latest AI model, Fable, offline just three days after its release, giving the company only 90 minutes to comply. The demand came after warnings that the model's safeguards against hacking could be bypassed, marking a significant escalation in government oversight of AI technology.
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· 1 pulledOfficials offered scant details on the reasons, according to two people familiar with the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter's sensitivity, but gave the company just 90 minutes to comply.
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