Full Letter From Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to Dario Amodei
Basically says
- Commerce Department decided these models may pose national-security risks and fall under BIS (Bureau of Industry and Security) authority.
- Anthropic must get a BIS license before exporting, reexporting, transferring, or releasing the models.
- The restriction applies worldwide, not just to specific countries.
- It also applies to “foreign persons,” even if they are inside the United States.
- Giving model access to a foreign person can count as a “deemed export.”
- Anthropic must apply through BIS’s SNAP-R system and attach the letter.
- Noncompliance could lead to civil and criminal penalties.
- The restriction remains active until BIS formally revises or rescinds it.
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Source - reddit/r/Anthropic/hankyone