US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick warns Anthropic it must license foreign nationals' access to frontier AI models

Chubby♨️@kimmonismusTECH

AI labs are built on foreign talent. Thats a fact. Now the US is reportedly testing restrictions on "foreign persons" accessing frontier models. "The Trump administration appears to have targeted only Anthropic so far, warning the company on Friday in a letter from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that it would need a license to make its latest models available to “foreign persons,” including its own employees. But Anthropic’s biggest rival, OpenAI, has flagged its concerns about the issue." (The Information) 38% of researchers publishing at leading AI conferences in 2024 got their undergrad education in China, per MacroPolo estimates cited by The Information. If US policy starts restricting model access by nationality, frontier labs are suddenly in a very difficult situation. That is why the issue surrounding Anthropic and Fable 5 is such a significant development, and that is why so much depends on the decisions made in the next few days.

Stephanie Palazzolo ✈️ ICML@steph_palazzoloTECH

The White House's latest battle with Anthropic has reignited fears that the gov't will crack down on foreign AI talent. OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon told staff that the company has told the gov't that foreign AI talent is important to staying ahead in the AI race. https://x.com/steph_palazzolo/status/2066993984644231507/photo/1

Amir Efrati@amirTECH

new from the team: OpenAI says it is telling Trump administration that foreign talent is critical to America’s AI development. Last week’s Anthropic model ban caused concern about further measures Trump might take against foreign nationals working on frontier AI https://x.com/amir/status/2066993102435619239/photo/1

Danielle Fong 🔆@DanielleFongTECH

there is no lead so large you cannot blow it. generally speaking this is the decline of all empires so far. at it will be for mid tier quasi singletons as well https://twitter.com/Allinallnotbad/status/2066607418243682348

Chubby♨️@kimmonismusTECH

It was foreseeable that OpenAI would not make the same mistake as Anthropic. They sought to coordinate directly with US authorities so they could release their next capable model without issues. Via Financial Times

Amir Efrati@amirTECH

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-ban-stirs-concerns-openai-beyond-crackdown-foreign-ai-talent?utm_source=ti_app&rc=c48ukx @leomschwartz @steph_palazzolo @erinkwoo

Jessica Lessin@JessicalessinTECH

Foreign AI researchers are the next battleground. @leomschwartz https://x.com/Jessicalessin/status/2067011059333108100/photo/1

Lisan al Gaib@scaling01TECH

told ya https://twitter.com/deredleritt3r/status/2066555668434239990

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick warns Anthropic it must license foreign nationals' access to frontier AI models

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