New Delhi, June 14 -- On Friday, the US government asked Anthropic to deny access to foreign nationals to its powerful new AI models, over fears that they could turn into deadly hacking tools in the wrong hands. Because Anthropic cannot verify user nationalities, the company abruptly pulled both models offline worldwide. While Anthropic thinks the government action was based on a "misunderstanding", stakeholders in India have raised alarm. Some believe India is missing the bus on foundational models, while others highlighted how this is the perfect example of why sovereign AI is crucial. Mint explains the risks.

Anthropic said the US government has issued a national security notice restricting foreign access to two of its latest AI model...