Brussels opened talks with Washington over Anthropic after a US export-control order cut Europe off from the company’s two most capable models, ENISA included.
To get its hands on an American AI model, the European Union has had to negotiate not with the company that makes it but with the government that can switch it off.
Brussels held talks with the White House over access to Anthropic’s most advanced systems, after a US export-control order abruptly cut Europe off from them in mid-June.
The detail worth sitting with is the chain of command: the EU’s route back to the technology runs through Washington, not through Anthropic.
The cutoff came on 12 June. The US Commerce Department, in a letter signed by Secretary Howard Lutnick and drafted with the Bureau of Industry and Security, ordered Anthropic to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including the company’s own non-citizen staff.The 💜 of EU techThe latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!
