The Moral Of Anthropic’s Fable: Model Access Is Power

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Three days after launching its Fable model, Anthropic blocked access to the system in a move that reignites a fundamental debate about AI power and gatekeeping. The sudden restriction has exposed a fault line in the AI industry: who gets to decide when a model is too dangerous or powerful to release openly, and who bears the costs of that decision? The incident suggests that in the race to build advanced AI, control over access has become the ultimate form of leverage, and Anthropic's move signals a shift toward more restrictive practices among leading labs.