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This Wednesday morning, the AI industry is reeling as the US government has instructed Anthropic to block access to its advanced AI models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, for all foreign nationals. Both India Today and The Times of India confirm this directive came in a letter from US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, citing "unacceptable risk" of military-intelligence use. Anthropic, unable to reliably sort users by nationality, has since pulled both models for everyone, as reported by The Dispatch and OpenTools. Here's the thing: this unprecedented move, which Gizmodo notes was given less than ninety minutes to comply, has sparked a global backlash. The G7 meeting in France today, attended by AI executives including Anthropic's Amodei, is heavily focused on this issue. French President Emmanuel Macron is now pushing for a "trusted partners" scheme to restore allied access to Mythos AI, according to Crypto Briefing. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney also highlights the need for other countries to "build out and diversify" their AI options. Meanwhile, OpenAI is facing its own challenges. Gizmodo reports ChatGPT's market share has dropped below 50% for the first time, now at 46.4%, with competitors like Gemini (27.7%) and Anthropic's Claude (10.3%) gaining ground. Financial reports from Fortune and The Standard (HK) reveal OpenAI burned $3.7 billion in the first quarter of 2026 and recorded a staggering $20.92 billion operational loss in 2025. Adding to their legal wins, Legal Reader confirms a federal judge has permanently dismissed Elon Musk’s xAI lawsuit against OpenAI regarding trade secret theft. What nobody expected is OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitting he was wrong about AI's impact on jobs, telling TechRadar that job displacement hasn't been as severe as he feared. This turbulent period means your access to cutting-edge AI tools could become increasingly restricted based on international politics, and the financial stability of major AI players remains uncertain.