On Friday, June 12, the US government suspended access to Anthropic’s new Fable/Mythos class of models by foreign nationals, citing national security concerns. Anthropic removed access for all users to ensure compliance. This episode highlights the centralized control of frontier AI technology and drives home the need for decentralized alternatives like Bittensor (see Introducing the Artificial Intelligence Crypto Sector). Access to artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly important economic resource. Today, a small number of companies in the US and China control the most advanced AI systems. As AI ... (full story)