Anthropic model takedown fuels warning of ‘ad hoc’ AI regulation

The Anthropic debate is “no surprise,” said Neil Chilson, head of AI policy at the Abundance Institute, and Adam Thierer, a resident senior fellow with the Technology and Innovation team at the R Street Institute.

However, they argued in a Substack post Sunday that “even if you disagree with Anthropic’s regulatory strategy, this escalation of government intervention is nothing to celebrate.”

“It is horrible for the broader AI ecosystem,” they wrote. “Continued arbitrary, unexplained deployment of export control authority will make companies slow-walk new models, depriving the public of powerful new tools.”

“The US government should not hang a Sword of Damocles over every lab’s head, with no indication when it might drop or why,” the pair added.