August 16, 2026

Anthropic’s model shutdown just handed India’s sovereign AI movement its strongest argument yet

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When the US government ordered Anthropic to shut down Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on 12 June, the export control directive was aimed at restricting foreign nationals from accessing America’s most capable AI. In India, Anthropic’s second-largest market, it l...