'Way out of line': The US government is being sued for executive order restricting foreign access to Project…
- US government ordered Anthropic to pull frontier models for foreign nationals
- Legal AI startup claims it had contractual access to those models
- Anthropic doesn't agree with the White House – but complies
Legal AI startup Legion LegalTech Corp has filed a lawsuit challenging a June 12 government order that forced Anthropic to restrict access to its most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for foreign citizens (via Reuters).
According to the complain, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) gave Anthropic around 90 minutes to comply with the order, or face civil and criminal penalties.
All foreign nationals, including those living inside and outside of the US, and even Anthropic's own employees, are said to be affected by the order.
Government order to ban Anthropic models internationally legally challenged
Legion LegalTech Corp acknowledges that the order was triggered because of concerns that users could jailbreak models into...
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