Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic's export ban drags on
New models are launching in Asia that promise Mythos-like capabilities without fear of an export ban. AI labs may never recover this enormous market. On Wednesday, Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 reportedly unveiled Tulongfeng, an AI tool it says can go head-to-head with Anthropic's Mythos.
Key Takeaways
- That's the cybersecurity-focused AI model that is reportedly so powerful, the Trump Administration has currently banned it and its more restricted version , Fable 5, from the hands of non-Americans.
The company says this frontier AI model "stands shoulder-to-shoulder with leading models like Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos Preview.
- A spokesperson at Sakana AI told TechCrunch that release of its new model was "entirely coincidental," yet that hasn't stopped it from capitalizing on the moment.
It's website advertises "delivering frontier capability without the risk of export controls.
- models remain important to Asia," the spokesperson said, a view consistent with remarks co-founder Ren Ito made at the G7 summit in Evian last week, where AI access and export controls were one of the central topics.
"We'd characterize the current moment in those terms rather than as a permanent realignment toward any one set of players.
- "Orchestration Models are the next frontier, beyond bigger models," he wrote on X.
Relying on a single provider for national infrastructure, he argued, is a risk the recent export controls made impossible to ignore.
- The product launch, however, came with a message.
Stats & Key Facts
- #Sakana, co- founded in 2023 by former Google researchers Ren Ito, Llion Jones and David Ha, makes affordable generative AI models that work well with small datasets and are optimized for the Japanese language and culture.
That's the cybersecurity-focused AI model that is reportedly so powerful, the Trump Administration has currently banned it and its more restricted version , Fable 5, from the hands of non-Americans. Earlier the same week Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based AI startup launched Fugu , a model named after the Japanese word for blowfish. The company says this frontier AI model "stands shoulder-to-shoulder with leading models like Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos Preview.
" It is also designed for agents, with an ability to orchestrate access to other models though their APIs. The two new Asian model products come as the U. It's order that prevents Anthropic from global access to Mythos and Fable occurred two weeks ago.
A spokesperson at Sakana AI told TechCrunch that release of its new model was "entirely coincidental," yet that hasn't stopped it from capitalizing on the moment. It's website advertises "delivering frontier capability without the risk of export controls. " "Sakana Fugu is something we have been building since last year - the research behind it was presented at ICLR this spring, and it reflects an approach that is central to how we deliver frontier-level value at Sakana AI.
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