{"text":[[{"start":9.04,"text":"Anthropic declined to submit its latest model to Britain’s AI Security Institute for testing before release, prompting fears inside the UK government that tech companies are falling into line with the Trump administration’s AI protectionism."}],[{"start":22.54,"text":"The $1tn company, which is gearing up for a blockbuster IPO in coming weeks, last week launched its latest model, Claude Mythos 5.1, billed as its most advanced model in life sciences and cyber security."}],[{"start":35.64,"text":"But for the first time the model was only made available to vetted US organisations, excluding the UK’s AI Security Institute (Aisi), the global leader in the testing of frontier AI models."}],[{"start":46.76,"text":"The decision not to offer pre-release access to Aisi, which has emerged as Britain’s most influential asset in the global AI race, has prompted alarm in Whitehall and inside the agency, according to UK government figures."}],[{"start":58.48,"text":"“National security officials have concerns. They definitely didn’t test Mythos 5.1. There’s anxiety around it . . . They are worried this could be a sign of things to come with AISI not being given access to the latest models,” said one government insider."}],[{"start":73.8,"text":"Donald Trump’s administration has taken an increasingly restrictive stance on the AI industry in recent months, using sweeping export controls to temporarily curb access to Anthropic’s most advanced models for all foreign nationals, including employees of US AI companies."}],[{"start":88.98,"text":"The person noted that within Whitehall some believed Anthropic had withheld access to the Mythos update from Aisi at the behest of the US administration, a suspicion that remains unconfirmed. The Aisi, which was founded three years ago, was given advance access to the latest OpenAI model Astra before its release this month."}],[{"start":106.76,"text":"Anthropic declined to comment. Last week the company said it was “co-ordinating with the US government to expand access to a broader set of domestic and international partners as quickly as possible”."}],[{"start":117.48,"text":"The move comes after the US government imposed export controls on Anthropic’s cyber-security-focused models, Fable and Mythos, in June, barring foreign nationals from using the technology."}],[{"start":127.56,"text":"The controls were put in place when the government identified a “jailbreak”, or a way of bypassing safety guardrails built into the software. The discovery led Anthropic to pull its cutting-edge models off the global market for several weeks."}],[{"start":141.4,"text":"The episode inflamed tensions between the White House and Silicon Valley, which has criticised the government’s ad hoc approach to regulating frontier AI."}],[{"start":150.52,"text":"It also led to a backlash from foreign governments, which accused the US of punishing its allies by imposing the ban. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, warned at the time that security concerns were a “shared challenge” and measures taken should “not be discriminatory against partners”."}],[{"start":167.44,"text":"UK government officials are alive to both the security impact and the potential economic hit to Britain’s economy if the country lags in access to the most cutting-edge AI models."}],[{"start":177.96,"text":"Last month the FT reported that the Cabinet Office, which runs the machinery of government, had ordered an urgent assessment of the threat of everyday consumers, including businesses, losing access to the newest models."}],[{"start":190.16,"text":"Since the beginning of the year, Anthropic has had a tense relationship with the US government, which designated the company a supply-chain risk after a stand-off over contract terms with the US Department of Defense."}],[{"start":202.26,"text":"Relations between the leading US AI lab and parts of the Trump administration appear to have improved in recent months, with both sides closely co-operating on the release of the Mythos and Fable models."}],[{"start":213.28,"text":"The Cabinet Office said: “The AI Security Institute continues to collaborate closely with industry partners, including Anthropic, to make models safer.”"}],[{"start":227.32,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1788938900_2775.mp3"}