Alleged China ties at SK Telecom alarmed US officials and triggered Anthropic crisis

The United States government directed Anthropic to terminate SK Telecom’s access to its Claude Mythos AI model shortly before the company took the software offline. This intervention followed reports alleging that the South Korean telecommunications firm maintained unauthorized technical ties to Chinese entities. The incident highlights increasing federal scrutiny over how advanced American AI models are distributed to international partners, particularly regarding the potential for technology to be rerouted to restricted nations.