
← Modem Futura14 Jul · 55 min
AI as Critical Infrastructure: Inside the Anthropic Fable Export Ban
AI as Critical Infrastructure: Inside the Anthropic Fable Export Ban
Anthropic's Fable was the most powerful AI model ever released to the public — until a U.S. export control order pulled it offline three days later. Sean and Andrew unpack what the ban-and-return saga reveals about AI as fragile critical infrastructure, the case for local models, and how anyone governs a technology this capable.