AI as strategic infrastructure – and who holds the key.

The US government forced Anthropic via an export control directive to block access to its most powerful models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for all non-US nationals. One administrative decision from Washington – and Europe is cut off.

What does this mean in practice for German companies? And does China stand to benefit?

Mirko Ross, CEO of asvin, offers a clear-eyed assessment in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:
organizations that want to make meaningful use of AI models in a cybersecurity context need high-quality contextual information about their source code and infrastructure – and very few have built that foundation yet.

In the short term, the damage is limited.
But the real signal is something else entirely: access to strategically critical AI technology is not in European hands.

Read the full FAZ article with all the background and Mirko Ross‘s analysis here:

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/mythos-und-fable-5-was-bedeutet-die-amerikanische-anthropic-sperre-fuer-europa-200930881.html

Mirko Ross spoke with the FAZ about the ban on using Anthropic outside the U.S.
Konrad Buck

Konrad Buck

Head of Press and Media Relations

Background & Expert Access for Media

We offer journalists access to in-depth background information beyond our publicly available materials, including:
  • Detailed insights into asvin’s products and technologies

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  • Expert commentary and background briefings — our CEO, Mirko Ross, is a recognised expert and experienced media source on the cyber threat landscape, hacktivism, regulation and the use of AI.
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