AI Censorship

by Amelia Hoskins · Published 24. June 2026 · Updated 24. June 2026

- Government Ban on Anthropic's Fable Model (0:00)
- US Government's Response and China's Advancement (3:09)
- Potential US Government Actions and Cost Differences (9:28)
- Impact on AI Development and National Security (9:45)
- Potential Legal and Economic Implications (13:27)
- Final Thoughts and Future Updates (22:10)

U.S. Government asked Anthropic to take it down. Only verified Americans and no foreign nationals can use the model. Its essentially an export control. Guardrails, project 'Glasswing', can be prevented, by breaking down questions into small parts. That produced uncensored results. 1M views on Twitter, got it taken down.

China then came in with a similar model; so everyone can use a frontier model so long as its Chinese. By banning Anthropic models, its handing AI advances to China. Gov saying don't ban Deep Seek yet. Chinese models a fraction of the cost.

So why should companies pay more in token usage. Trump may put an import ban. The only internet access to AI models you can use will be on a white list, then they'll be a black list.

How would you know what malicious intent could be imbedded in the models. 'Static analysis' is a front tier question that has not been answered.

Todd says "is it fair to say that AI access is now becoming a national security weapon". Declaring war on AI. It becomes too controlled. Joe Blogs wont be able to run these front tier models. Mike asks will AI become contraband in gov's eyes and raid people's homes? Gov don't want people becoming super smart.

Zack thinks this will come into force by end of 2026. A different battlescape with black list fully in place against Chinese AI models. Or expect a price drop for open AI. Can't have people turning against the government, so they wont allow citizens' rights for AI.

Mike says it will keep the people stupid; even corporations can't compete without open source access.

Theres a lot of truths being kept from the population. Zack points out America's bad record: Standard Oil funded Hitler; US behind Bolshevic recolution. China doesn't have that narrative, so can be more honest, without censorship on their models. Whenever you censor, you diminish your country's future.