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 led to this Anthropic to cut global access into two models Friday.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Jassy told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent 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 disclose “the details of those discussions.”

Information and Reuters Likewise, I mentioned that Amazon (a Anthropic Investor Lead) shared their concerns about the safety 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, claim “A trusted and highly credible partner of both Anthropic and USG (…) has come forward with (information about) the jailbreak.”

“The moderator asked (Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei) to fix the jailbreak or unpublish the form. Dario refused,” Sacks added.