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AI Under Trump's Control: Can France Still Avoid Digital Dependence?
Key takeaways
- Imagine waking up tomorrow and no longer being able to access Chat GPT, Claude, or any other advanced AI tool.
- The Trump administration ordered Anthropic the American company behind Claude to immediately suspend access to its most powerful AI models for any non-American user.
- A geopolitical power play that could redefine who controls the digital future.
Imagine waking up tomorrow and no longer being able to access Chat GPT, Claude, or any other advanced AI tool. Not because of a technical failure, but because a foreign government decided to cut the cord.
This isn't science fiction. It nearly happened last week.
The Trump administration ordered Anthropic the American company behind Claude to immediately suspend access to its most powerful AI models for any non-American user. Anthropic, unable to reliably verify the nationality of its users, chose to disable these models for all its clients worldwide, including Americans.
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