Amazon’s CEO reportedly raised concerns about the humanitarian model ahead of the government crackdown

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy may have been the source of the security concerns that prompted Anthropic to cut off access to two models globally on Friday.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Jassy told Treasury Secretary Scott Besent and other government officials that Amazon researchers used Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 to obtain information that could be used in cyberattacks. The government subsequently imposed an export control ban on Fable 5 and Mythos 5.

An Amazon spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal that while it is “not uncommon for governments to seek our advice on potential security risks,” the company “does not share details of those discussions.”

The Information and Reuters similarly reported that Amazon (a major investor in the Anthropic space) has expressed concerns about the security of Anthropic models.

David Sachs, Trump’s former AI czar who now chairs the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, offered his own account of the discussions, claiming that it was “a trusted and highly credible partner for both Anthropic and the US government.” […] I applied with [information about] “Escape from prison.”

“The supervisor asked,” Sachs added [Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei] To fix the jailbreak or unpublish the form. Dario refused.”