India's brief access to advanced AI models from Anthropic has ended. A US government directive halted local access to Mythos 5 and Fable 5. This development signals a new AI export control regime. Governments now view frontier AI as strategic assets. India's engagement on technology policy faces new challenges.

The U.S. government ordered Anthropic to pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5 over national security concerns just days after its CEO called for exactly this kind of oversight.

Anthropic said it received a government directive banning all foreign nationals, even those working at Anthropic, from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5 over national security…