In his latest column in Prospect Magazine, Ethan Zuckerman describes how the Trump administration's ongoing argument with Anthropic over the federal government's use of its technology is helping to "make the case" for other nations to develop sovereign AI. In the column, Zuckerman discusses how the US federal government's labelling of Anthropic as a "supply chain risk," the limited and monitored release of Anthropic's powerful Mythos 5 model, and the perception by the international community that over-reliance on US-based AI platforms could result in negative downstream effects is making some nations consider developing native AI based on Chinese open-source code over using more well-known American models.
Ethan Zuckerman: Trump administration quarrel with Anthropic helps justify argument for AI sovereignty