New models are launching in Asia that promise Mythos-like capabilities without fear of an export ban. U.S. AI labs may never recover this enormous market.

The US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to block foreign access to its top AI models, sending decentralized AI tokens surging and opening the door for

Tokyo's Sakana AI and Beijing's 360 Security launched AI models positioned as alternatives to Anthropic's banned Mythos and Fable systems.

The action comes two weeks after the government ordered the AI firm to suspend access to some of its models, due to fears they could be deployed by military intelligence users…