Anthropic Limits New AI Model, India Highlights Technology Dependence
Anthropic Limits New AI Model, India Highlights Technology Dependence
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Publish Date: 2026-06-15 03:48:00
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JAKARTA – Anthropic’s decision to restrict access to its latest AI model has India questioning its reliance on technology built and controlled by other countries.
As reported by TechCrunch, citing Monday, June 15, Anthropic received a directive from the United States government to stop access to the Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all foreign citizens, including the company’s own foreign employees.
The decision comes shortly after Anthropic entered into a partnership with Tata Consultancy Services or TCS, an Indian information technology services giant, to expand the use of AI in the Indian business sector.
Anthropic denied the US government’s assessment and stated that the restrictions should not have been imposed. However, this case sparked a debate among India’s startup founders, investors, and policy experts.
The question is whether India should accelerate the development of domestic AI, increase the use of open source models, or remain dependent on a handful of US-based AI frontier providers? Frontier AI is the most advanced artificial intelligence model that is at the forefront of current technological developments.
India is an important market for global AI companies. Anthropic and OpenAI both call India their second largest market after the United States. Both have opened offices, recruited local staff, forged partnerships, and targeted Indian developers, startups, and companies.
Aakrit Vaish, founder of the AI platform Activate India, called Anthropic’s decision a shift in the way India views AI sovereignty.
“This really changes everything,” Vaish said, as quoted by TechCrunch.
He said the incident strengthened India’s reason for building its own AI capabilities. Vaish also predicted that more startups would use open source models, that is, models whose code can be accessed, studied, and developed again by the public or a certain community.
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