Washington DC, Feb. 27 -- US-based Artificial Intelligence company Anthropic has said it cut had off access to its AI model- Claude for firms linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), forgoing several hundred million dollars in revenue as part of efforts to safeguard America's technological lead.

In a statement issued on Thursday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said the company chose to block Claude's usage by entities connected to the CCP, including some designated by the US Department of War as Chinese Military Companies and that the company shut down CCP-sponsored cyberattacks that attempted to misuse the AI system.

Amodei further stated that the AI firm has advocated for strong export controls on advanced chips to help maintain a dem...