White house cuts off sk telecom and forces two anthropic models offline over china ties
anthropic shut down claude mythos and fable 5 after the white house flagged sk telecom's alleged china ties and security flaws. this signals aggressive us intervention to prevent ai models from reaching strategic rivals.
anthropic removed models mythos and fable 5 following pressure from the white house, which demanded a cut-off of access for partner sk telecom due to alleged ties to china. us officials were alarmed by sk telecom's potential connections, given its parent company sk group's past stake in china unicom, and subsequently lost confidence when amazon flagged security flaws in fable 5. this intervention caused the complete shutdown of both models. the event underscores the us government's willingness to intervene directly in ai deployment to protect national security. it signals that ai labs must treat partner ecosystems as a geopolitical minefield.