Amazon CEO Reportedly Raised Anthropic Model Security Concerns Before US Government Crackdown
AI News Flash: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly became the source of security concerns that prompted Anthropic to urgently pull two models offline globally. The Wall Street Journal reported that Jassy shared with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and multiple government officials that Amazon researchers using Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 model had successfully obtained information usable for network attacks. The government subsequently imposed export control bans on both Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, leading Anthropic to cut off access worldwide. An Amazon spokesperson stated that exchanging views with the government on potential security risks isn’t uncommon, though they wouldn’t disclose discussion details, confirming AWS was also impacted by this takedown.