Anthropic disclosed to the US Senate that operators affiliated with Alibaba ran 28.8 million exchanges against Claude through 25,000 fraudulent accounts over six weeks — the largest known distillation attack against Anthropic. The numbers are real; the framing is lobbying.
The US government banned Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 globally after a narrow jailbreak was found that could unlock Mythos's autonomous offensive cybersecurity capabilities. Anthropic disputes the decision as disproportionate. The real issue is harder than either side is saying: you can't export-control your way out of a model that already knows how to hack.