by Raphael Dudler | Jun 19, 2026 | gafam watch
One week ago, the US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to block all foreign nationals from accessing Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Seven days later, the models are still down. High-level talks with the White House continue without public resolution. A Polymarket prediction market has traded over $770,000 on whether access will be restored. AWS has revoked Bedrock access. And European users — including Anthropic’s own non-American employees — remain locked out of the most capable AI model the company has ever built. The silence is the story. gafam.ai’s European analysis.
by Raphael Dudler | Jun 13, 2026 | gafam watch
Late Friday June 12, 2026, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sent Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a letter ordering the company to block all foreign nationals — including European users, including Anthropic’s own non-American employees — from accessing Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Anthropic chose to disable both models entirely rather than implement selective discrimination. The European AI dependency that gafam.ai has warned about for weeks is no longer theoretical. It just became reality. By executive decree. Without explanation. gafam.ai’s European analysis of the moment American AI sovereignty became European AI vulnerability.
by Raphael Dudler | May 25, 2026 | europe & ai
The AI for Good Summit — organised by the UN’s International Telecommunication Union — runs July 7–10 in Geneva, Switzerland. It is the world’s largest UN-system AI event, bringing together governments, civil society, academia and industry to address AI’s impact on the sustainable development goals. This year’s summit arrives at the most consequential moment in AI history — six weeks after Google I/O, six weeks before the EU AI Act’s August 2 enforcement date, and in the middle of a $725 billion GAFAM infrastructure spending cycle that is reshaping the global economy. gafam.ai will be covering the summit live — from Geneva, from a European perspective.
by Raphael Dudler | May 22, 2026 | europe & ai
The EU AI Omnibus deal of May 7 delayed high-risk AI compliance to December 2027. But Brussels has not slowed down. On May 8, the Commission opened consultation on AI transparency obligations. On May 19, it sought feedback on high-risk AI classification guidelines. Italy has already passed its own national AI law. Ireland has established a national AI office. The EU AI Act is not waiting for 2027 — it is being built right now, one guideline at a time. gafam.ai explains what changed, what is coming, and what every GAFAM company operating in Europe must do today.
