Europe calls Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 shutdown a 'sovereignty wake-up call'
Anthropic's decision to cut European access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models after US government pressure has reignited the 'digital sovereignty' debate in Brussels. EU commissioners and industry representatives are renewing calls for the bloc to back its own foundation models.
Anthropic announced on Friday that it was complying with a US government directive and would cut Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access for European Union users, drawing a strong response in Brussels. According to Euronews, EU Industry Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné described the move as a 'sovereignty wake-up call'. The Commission said it was preparing a new €4 billion support package for foundation models under Horizon Europe.
Mistral of France, Aleph Alpha of Germany and Spain's BSC-PreSilico said they had opened talks with regulators to step in for European customers. Anthropic's main European customers include SAP, Sanofi, and the Nordic banks DNB and Nordea. SAP has requested a 12-month transition period for existing workflows.
The European Data Protection Board said US export restrictions are tightening cross-border data-handling agreements. The supervisory model in Brussels's new AI Act is designed to ease dependence on excluded foreign models. Germany's economy minister said he would put tech sovereignty on the agenda at this weekend's G7 summit.
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