The Korean Telecom Giant at the Center of Anthropic’s Mythos Controversy

The Trump administration ordered an AI company to revoke a Korean telecom giant's access to its most advanced AI models over alleged ties to China, leading the company to take those models offline rather than implement nationality-based restrictions. The telecom company had received access to the AI model through an expansion program and had made significant investments in the AI company, but US officials raised concerns about the telecom firm's connections to China despite the company's denial of such ties. The situation was further complicated when another technology company flagged security vulnerabilities in a public version of the AI model to the White House, which appears to have strengthened the administration's decision that it could not trust the AI company to safeguard its most advanced technology. The AI company and the White House have remained at odds over bringing the restricted models back online following the access revocation.