STATEMENT: Late last week, the federal government imposed export controls on Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models, citing national security concerns. The government action reportedly bans Anthropic from allowing foreign governments, foreign companies, and foreign individuals from using these systems. The directive, which reportedly came in the form of a letter from Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to Anthropic, is still not public. In response, Anthropic shut down access to these systems for all users, regardless of nationality or location. The government’s demand that Anthropic effectively shut down its models to comply with the export controls threatens core First Amendment rights. Artificial intelligence models are expressive tools, and their creation and use fall within the First Amendment’s protection. Mythos and Fable — the company’s cutting-edge tools made publicly available only last week — reflect deliberate expressive choices by Anthropic about how to train and weight these models, and what guardrails to create and maintain. Once in a user’s hands, this technology provides the ability to gather, create, and share information. Like any tool, AI has both lawful and unlawful applications. But the government has offered no public explanation as to why export controls were justified. By demanding Anthropic eliminate access solely for foreign users — a functional impossibility, per the company — the government is exercising the kind of “kill switch” on artificial intelligence we have seen repressive regimes abroad use on the internet. By leaving the public in the dark as to the specific threat identified and the statutory authority invoked to address it, the government’s dramatic action functions as an arbitrary abuse of power. The export controls serve as a prior restraint or a licensing system, requiring Anthropic to receive government approval as a condition of operating expressive systems. If left unchecked, the administration’s assertion of control would allow it to censor models that contradict the government's preferred views or punish developers who oppose the administration. And other AI companies and users are now forced to grapple with uncertainty regarding what they may develop, deploy, and engage with without crossing the administration’s invisible line. The administration’s action follows President Trump making plain his hostility to Anthropic, calling it a “radical left, woke” company, a stance shared by members of his cabinet. Last March, the administration deemed Anthropic insufficiently "patriotic" over model guardrails it disagreed with — ultimately designating it a "supply chain risk," again citing national security grounds. But simply invoking national security does not immunize government officials from their constitutional obligations or give them carte blanche to punish speech. Heavy-handed, arbitrary, behind-the-scenes governmental bullying is anathema to our free society, in any form. And its unacceptability is at its apex when directed to an endeavor that is inherently expressive, as is the creation and use of tools like Fable and Mythos.

A reminder that Podcastan has spent the last few months claiming daily that Israel controls the U.S. and the Trump admin without allowing for the possibility we just have shared interests. Now that the Trump admin is signing a deal that Israel clearly views as bad for them, the same people will just pretend they haven’t been pushing that conspiratorial lie on a daily basis and insist their audiences continue to take them seriously as they move on to the next conspiracy.

my take on this situation currently is that they'll unban it in a few days and the net effect will be increased demand for Fable however this kind of thing is extremely disruptive and distracting for people inside of the company. the only comparable scenario i can remember is Sam Altman's firing which was resolved relatively quickly. even though things went back to the way they were, i do think that disrupted their momentum for a while hoping for a good outcome here!

The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance. Access to all other Claude models is not affected. We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible. Read our full statement: anthropic.com/news/fable-myt…

Mitch Johnson: "By no means am I not acknowledging the Knicks and what they've done and give them credit for playing good basketball. But we feel like we've decided the outcome of all four games"

For whatever it’s worth, people in my life who have never ever spoken about stolen elections in any capacity are now saying this about California…

Spurs in 6

Jalen Brunson got married young to his high school sweetheart instead of wasting his 20s chasing cheap pleasure that leads to destruction. Now, he’s going to spend his 30s as a multi-millionaire NBA champion, husband, father, enjoying the fruits of his self-control. If he fully commits to his family, he will be happier than 100% of the dudes on here advising men to obsess about money and sleeping with as many women as possible. God’s plan for you is the best for a reason… Be careful who you let disciple you.

This is simply a fact

Trump Administration is in talks for U.S. Got stake in top AI labs. "there is so much money & it's so big that there are concepts where pieces could be given to the American public, where the American public becomes a partner with the companies."

For the second straight night, Karl-Anthony Towns is keeping NYK in the game. In 13 minutes, Towns has 14 points on 5-for-7 shooting, one steal and two assists, including a great pass to Mikal Bridges on that last corner 3. At minimum, crowd is 35 percent Knicks fans tonight

Fact or fiction New Yorkers: If Jalen Brunson pulls this off, he will be in Eli Manning territory as non-baseball New York legends

i find it strange how many people still refuse to take AI seriously no matter how much progress we see, there is always a new reason to dismiss it. first, it was "it only predicts text" then, it was "it can't reason" now, it's "it can't do real work" sounds like coping