Jessi Brooks on Why AI Got KYC'd Like Crypto Did: DEX in the City

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The federal government forced Anthropic to pull Fable 5 offline, and the rationale remained murky from the start. Jessi Brooks walks through the full picture: Amazon’s alleged complaint, the foreign-national access problem that left Anthropic with no compliance path, and why the administration's opaque process looks less like a national security decision and more like a chokepoint play. No transparent process. No technical experts named. No clear legal authority cited. Jessi draws a direct line to Operation Chokepoint 2.0 and the Gensler-era crypto enforcement playbook. Vy Le closes the segment arguing that AI isn't just slightly scarier than what came before. In her view, it belongs on the same threat level as the nuclear bomb. Hosts: ⭐️ Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, General Counsel at StarkWare - https://x.com/kkirkbos ⭐️ Jessi Brooks, General Counsel at Ribbit Capital - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessi-brooks-8289ab32/ ⭐️ Vy Le - Co-host of DEX in the City and General Counsel of Veda - https://x.com/TuongvyLe12 This clip is from a longer conversation on AI regulation, CFTC prediction markets, and Reg NMS reform. Full episode here: https://youtube.com/live/g1NFIDucUEU We go live every Tuesday at 12pm ET - subscribe to catch it live. Sponsors 👉 Fidelity: Fidelity has been building in crypto and DeFi since 2014 — now they're hiring. Explore career opportunities at one of the most forward-thinking names in finance here: https://crypto.fidelitycareers.com. Chapters 🤖 00:00 Jessi on why the federal government bricked Anthropic's Fable 5 🕵️ 02:40 Amazon's alleged complaint and the disputed cybersecurity rationale 🔑 06:39 The foreign-national access problem: why Anthropic had no way to comply ⚖️ 08:15 The Gensler parallel: why opaque AI enforcement is crypto's fight too ☢️ 15:44 Vy Le on why AI belongs on the same threat level as the nuclear bomb _______________________________________________________ #bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subscribe to our channel! Website → https://unchainedcrypto.com Unchained Daily Newsletter (FREE!)→ https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe/ Unchained X → https://x.com/unchained_pod Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757 Unchained: Your no-hype resource for all things crypto!