The US government can shut off access to AI at will. What does this mean for Australia?

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 06:22:35 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/the-us-government-can-shut-off-access-to-ai-at-will-what-does-this-mean-for-australia-285480>

"Last Friday, US-based artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic received
an “export control” directive from its government. The company was told it must
block access to two of its most capable models, Fable and Mythos, for all
foreign nationals.

Within hours, Anthropic shut down access to the models for users everywhere in
the world, including researchers, clinicians and analysts in Australia. This
happened with no warning and no backup plan."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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