As Anthropic suspends access to new models, India debates its AI future
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AI model access suspension sparks debate on India's AI strategy, relevant to global AI infrastructure.
Anthropic suspended access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for foreign nationals, including employees, following a U.S. government directive reportedly triggered by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's security concerns. The move has reignited India's debate on technological dependence, as the country is Anthropic and OpenAI's second-largest market and had just partnered with Tata Consultancy Services for enterprise AI adoption. Indian founders like Aakrit Vaish and Vijay Rayapati now advocate accelerating domestic AI capabilities and open-source alternatives to mitigate geopolitical risks to frontier model access.