US AI giant Anthropic bars Chinese-owned entities

SAN FRANCISCO — Anthropic is barring Chinese-run companies and organizations from using its artificial intelligence services, the U.S. tech giant said, as it toughened restrictions on "authoritarian regions." The startup, heavily backed by Amazon, is known for its Claude chatbot and positions itself as focused on AI safety and responsible development. Companies based in China, as well as in countries including Russia, North Korea and Iran, are already unable to access Anthropic's commercial services over legal and security concerns. ChatGPT and other products from U.S. competitor OpenAI are also unavailable within China — spurring the growth of homegrown AI models from Chinese companies such as Alibaba and Baidu. Anthropic said in a statement dated Friday that it was going a step further in an update to its terms of service. Despite current restrictions, some groups "continue accessing our services in various ways, such as through subsidiaries incorporated in other countries," the U.S. firm said. So "this update prohibits companies or organizations whose ownership structures subject thWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times