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Anthropic May Add KYC And China Restrictions To AI Model Access

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bayes@bayeslord#1291inAI

If it happens it’ll be hard not to see this whole thing as a bit of an op

bayes@bayeslord

If it comes, Anthropic’s compromise will probably be one or both of

1. KYC/license agreement/etc and you get to do ML (hope the approving team likes you) 2. Telling people they don’t suspect to be working in or on behalf of China when they nerf the model, or changing it to outright refuse such requests

8:23 PM · Jun 9, 2026 · 673 Views
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bayes@bayeslord

There’s a charitable read on the general direction of the Anthropic policy. I don’t totally disagree with it. This is a complicated situation, no doubt.

But they really didn’t even try to do it right, which does make it seem like a ladder pull move more than a safety move. If you don’t want the Chinese to use your models, then do KYC for Americans and do aggressive monitoring, etc etc. So many better things than this

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bayes@bayeslord

There’s a charitable read on the general direction of the Anthropic policy. I don’t totally disagree with it. This is a complicated situation, no doubt.

But they really didn’t even try to do it right, which does make it seem like a ladder pull move more than a safety move. If you don’t want the Chinese to use your models, then do KYC for Americans and do aggressive, etc etc. So many better things than this

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SquirrelHandle#7523@SciurusAberti

@bayeslord Anthropic's problem has never been "the Chinese". Any US org or person that isn't inducted into their safety mafia is a risk. They are trying very hard to do things right; their idea of right and wrong just happens to be pretty evil.

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Choco@RobotChocobo

@bayeslord No charity for chronic liars. Pick your values and accrue value to your tribe. There's no going back.

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