“The AI Ad-Hoc Prior Restraint Era Begins” by Zvi

The White House has ordered Anthropic not to expand access to Mythos, and is at least seriously considering a complete about-face of American Frontier AI policy into a full prior restraint regime, where anyone wishing to release a highly capable new model will have to ask for permission. This would be the antithesis of all their previous rhetoric, and all their actions to systematically avoid laying a foundation to do this in an orderly and informed fashion. But now, with the existence of Mythos, and a potential coming hackastrophe where cyber attackers will by default have the edge and we desperately need defenders to have a head start, it is not clear they feel they have a choice. If implemented well, this could be the right thing. By default, it won’t be implemented well. Project Glasswing Cannot Expand The government is now deciding which models can and cannot be made available on particular terms to particular parties. This is already happening. Anthropic wanted to expand the number of companies with access to Mythos as part of Project Glasswing. The White House said no. It is not clear this is any of [...] ---Outline:(00:54) Project Glasswing Cannot Expand(02:33) The Ad-Hoc Prior Restraint Era Begins(09:44) Implementation Through CAISI(12:49) What Should We Do About AI?(14:16) The Chain of Command Nonsense Continues(16:29) The Government Should Maintain Multiple AI Providers(16:56) Hows It Going To End? --- First published: May 5th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/QX2ZCfkpWGqkyvStN/the-ai-ad-hoc-prior-restraint-era-begins --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.