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White House forced Anthropic to cut SK Telecom's access to Claude Mythos
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White House forced Anthropic to cut SK Telecom's access to Claude Mythos

Days before Anthropic took its most advanced AI models offline, the White House ordered the company to revoke SK Telecom's access to Claude Mythos, citing the Korean telecoms giant's alleged ties to China. The move signals the US government is actively intervening in commercial AI distribution on national security grounds.

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