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A US Government Website Was Running Alibaba's AI While the FBI Called It a Security Threat
The US National Archives briefly deployed an Alibaba Qwen AI model on the Federal Register website, drawing criticism given that the FBI had recently labelled such Chinese AI models as "malicious" and accused Alibaba of illegally copying US frontier models. The tool was quietly removed after social media users flagged the contradiction, though security experts noted it likely posed minimal risk, as it only handled already-public data and did not share information with Alibaba. The incident has reignited broader debate about whether US agencies and businesses should be permitted to use open-source Chinese AI models, with some lawmakers insisting they should be banned outright while business groups warn that restrictions could put the US at a competitive disadvantage.
Flagged as a Pentagon Supply Chain Risk, Anthropic Is Probably Getting the NSA Contract Anyway
Despite being flagged as a supply chain risk by the Pentagon due to its refusal to allow unrestricted lawful use of its technology, Anthropic will likely continue supplying its Claude-based "Mythos" model to the NSA, with the arrangement personally approved by White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. Mythos is reportedly the only short-term solution for the NSA's classified networks because it can run on older chips, unlike models from competitors that require Nvidia's latest hardware. A contract being finalized includes a clause preventing the model from processing Americans' data, and the White House intends to use it as a template for future AI agreements.