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Mythos Blocked: When AI Becomes a Weapon of State

Anirban Chowdhury | Min | June 18, 2026, 6:22 AM IST
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On June 12, the US government forced Anthropic to shut off its most powerful AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for every foreign national on earth, citing national security. The trigger was a claimed jailbreak. The fallout was immediate. India, which had only just gained access to Mythos through Project Glasswing, was suddenly cut off. Host Anirban Chowdhury talks to Dr Rumman Chowdhury, co-founder CEO of Humane Intelligence and Nikhil Narendran, partner at TMT Trilegal and president of ITechLaw Association about if AI access the new arms race? What does this mean for Indian startups, critical infrastructure and digital sovereignty? And when Indian data trained these models, but Indian users can't use them, who really owns artificial intelligence?
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Host: Anirban Chowdhury
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