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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Sarah Basford Canales

AI models capable of devastating attacks on governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns

A smartphone displays the Claude Fable webpage with logo and tagline against a blurred Anthropic background
Cybersecurity agencies from the Five Eyes alliance have issued a joint statement on AI after the US blocked Anthropic’s much-hyped Fable. Photograph: Andre M Chang/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Powerful AI models capable of devastating new cyber attacks on governments and businesses are mere months away, intelligence agencies for the Five Eyes have warned in a rare joint statement, urging leaders to “act now”.

The surprising public intervention by signals agencies for Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada comes after the Trump administration earlier this month decided to block “foreign nationals” from using a much-hyped AI model built by tech company Anthropic, called Fable.

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