Difference over local vs cloud testing delays Mythos access

India’s access to Anthropic’s frontier AI model Mythos has been delayed as the government and the US-based company remain divided over how the model should be tested, with New Delhi insisting that evaluation be carried out on infrastructure located within the country, according to official sources.

Anthropic had initially proposed that Indian entities route their code through its cloud infrastructure for testing, an arrangement the government was unwilling to accept because of concerns around data residency and the handling of sensitive information. Instead, India has sought a deployment model that allows testing to take place on infrastructure hosted within the country.