REGULATION· Jun 18, 2026White House Pushes Anthropic to Cut SK Telecom's Claude Access Over China Ties
REGULATIONWhite House Pushes Anthropic to Cut SK Telecom's Claude Access Over China TiesThe White House identified SK Telecom -- South Korea's largest carrier and a Claude investor since 2023 -- as suspected of having ties to China and asked Anthropic to revoke its access to the restricted Claude Mythos model, which Anthropic did immediately. The episode shows how AI model access is becoming an instrument of geopolitics.Jun 18, 2026