15 June 2026
Banned From the Future
With the latest US Department of Commerce Directive banning foreigners from access to Mythos and Fable 5 – the most advanced Anthropic AI models – citizenship has acquired a new function globally. On top of the traditional function of policing access to territory, confiding those in possession of second-rate citizenships to the spaces of no opportunity, the legal status of citizenship can now exclude from productivity and vital technology: policing access to the future. Continue reading >>
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11 March 2026
Private Power, Public Values
It is not every day that a major AI company invokes constitutional values against the US government. Anthropic – the US-American AI company behind Claude – declined the US military’s request for unrestricted access to its AI tools, citing worries about domestic mass surveillance and the use of its technology in fully autonomous weapons. Recognising digital corporations as potential drivers of constitutional rights runs counter to the most recent literature on digital regulation and digital sovereignty. But perceiving them as such remains crucial. Continue reading >>
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