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Anthropic's Fable Model Classified as Munition by US Government

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Schneier on Security ·

Anthropic released its Fable generative AI model on June 9th. Three days later, the US government classified it as a dangerous munition, barring foreign nationals from access. The company shut off access for everyone, unable to differentiate users by nationality.

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