Anthropic Blackout Exposes US Grip on AI

At Washington's request, Anthropic abruptly took its newest and most powerful AI models offline over the weekend. The company said it had little choice after the White House demanded it block access for all foreign nationals, including its own employees. The incident served as a stark reminder to the rest of the world that the US not only dominates frontier AI development, but its government also controls who gets to use it — strengthening the case for non-American AI alternatives.