Europe looks to fight any forced shutdown of AI
It was one of the biggest tech headlines in June: Amid the race leading up to the initial public offerings (IPOs) of artificial intelligence (AI) giants, the United States used its “blocking card” to disable Anthropic’s latest models. Citing national security concerns, the Trump Administration forced the company to prevent non-U.S. citizens (even in the US) from using its most advanced models — the very ones it had just unveiled. Speculation suggests the same thing could happen to OpenAI. The ban on Anthropic was not lifted until June 30. The US administration said that, in the intervening weeks, it had worked with the company to “review and approve Fable5 to ensure it aligns with the US government and strengthens US leadership in AI.” For its part, OpenAI confirmed that its next major launch would begin with a preview for “trusted partners ”—a list it has shared with the US government. Are these companies falling victim to their own marketing — having touted that their models are beco