The federal government forced Anthropic to pull Fable 5 offline, and the rationale remained murky from the start.

Jessi Brooks walks through the full picture: Amazon’s alleged complaint, the foreign-national access problem that left Anthropic with no compliance path, and why the administration’s opaque process looks less like a national security decision and more like a chokepoint play. No transparent process. No technical experts named. No clear legal authority cited.

Jessi draws a direct line to Operation Chokepoint 2.0 and the Gensler-era crypto enforcement playbook. Vy Le closes the segment arguing that AI isn’t just slightly scarier than what came before. In her view, it belongs on the same threat level as the nuclear bomb.

Hosts

• • Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, Host of DEX in the City and General Counsel of StarkWare
  • Jessi Brooks, Co-host of DEX in the City and General Counsel of Ribbit Capital
  • Vy Le, Co-host of DEX in the City and General Counsel of Veda

This clip is from a longer conversation on AI regulation, CFTC prediction markets, and Reg NMS reform. Full episode here: https://youtube.com/live/g1NFIDucUEU

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