# America's AI kill switch — why Donald Trump now decides whether we get Claude and ChatGPT in Europe

An episode of [The Big Tech Show](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1325667441), 7 Jul 2026, 35 min.

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The United States has ordered Anthropic to restrict access to its most advanced AI model and is now urging other leading developers to give the government early access to new systems before they are released. Is this sensible national security or the beginning of state control over artificial intelligence? Adrian Weckler speaks to William Fry partner Barry Scannell about why the most powerful AI models are causing alarm, whether America now has an AI kill switch and what it could mean for Europe, businesses and the future of technology. https://www.independent.ie/service/why-you-can-trust-the-irish-independent/a/98708550.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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