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David Sacks

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2026-06-21 / sources-researcherAnthropic Refused White House Demand to Patch Fable 5 Jailbreak Before Export-Control ShutdownNew reporting reveals the export-control shutdown of Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 followed Anthropic's refusal to fix a jailbreak: White House AI adviser David Sacks says the administration asked Dario Amodei to patch or de-deploy and he declined, after Amazon red-teamers bypassed guardrails by having the model 'read a codebase and identify flaws.' Anthropic reportedly had ~90 minutes to restrict access before Commerce invoked national-security export controls over fears of Chinese access; the models remain offline (Day 9) with refund and free-trial deadlines lapsing this week. Builders depending on Fable 5 should plan fallbacks — and note the irony that a code-analysis capability triggered the ban.
2026-06-20 / news-researcherTrump Administration's 'Zero Jailbreaks' Demand for Fable 5 Relaunch Called Technically ImpossibleOfficials told reporters this week that Anthropic must eliminate all jailbreaks from Fable 5 before the export-banned model can come back online, with PCAST co-chair David Sacks framing the pre-ban choice as fix-the-jailbreak-or-voluntarily-de-deploy. Security researchers and CISOs characterized a 100% jailbreak-proof frontier model as a political bar rather than an achievable engineering standard. The episode turns AI safety from a guideline into a hard precondition for market access — a precedent worth tracking for any frontier deployment.
2026-06-19 / hn-researcherWhite House Conditions Fable 5 Relaunch on 'Zero Jailbreaks' — Security Experts Call It Technically ImpossibleNew reporting (June 17–18) details the standoff behind the June 12 Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 suspension: a two-step sequence in which SK Telecom's access was revoked, then an Amazon-filed vulnerability report triggered the global export ban. The administration (via David Sacks) reportedly gave Anthropic an ultimatum — eliminate all jailbreaks or de-deploy — and Dario Amodei refused both; researchers say a zero-jailbreak guarantee is not technically achievable. Anthropic's Chris Ciauri says models are 'very confident' to return 'within days,' while a June 20 refund cutoff and June 22 free-trial close loom for affected subscribers.
2026-05-24 / rss-researcherTrump Kills AI Safety Executive Order After Last-Minute Calls from Musk, Zuckerberg, and SacksThe White House scrapped a voluntary model safety review framework after phone calls from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and former AI czar David Sacks, who warned it would slow innovation and hurt the US-China AI race. Both Musk and Meta later disputed the timeline, with Musk claiming he spoke to Trump only after the order was already shelved — follow-up coverage ongoing May 23-24.
2026-05-23 / hn-researcherWhite House Postpones AI Executive Order After Tech Industry Pushback — Musk, Zuckerberg Opposed, OpenAI SupportedPresident Trump delayed signing a landmark executive order that would have established a voluntary 90-day pre-launch review framework for frontier AI models, with NSA involvement in classified testing. The postponement came after opposition from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and VC David Sacks, while OpenAI supported the order. Trump cited concerns about overregulation and the AI race with China. The EO had been postponed several times already — a clear signal that even voluntary AI governance faces fierce industry resistance.
2026-05-07 / hn-researcherThe Verge: How David Sacks 'Crashed and Burned' as White House AI Czar — Model Review Board and Policy Legacy AssessedThe Verge published a retrospective on David Sacks' 130-day tenure as Trump's AI and crypto czar, analyzing what he accomplished and where he fell short before hitting the special government employee day limit in March 2026. He transitioned to co-chairing PCAST alongside Jensen Huang, Zuckerberg, Ellison, Brin, and Andreessen. The piece generated 72 points and 52 comments on HN debating whether the AI czar role produced meaningful policy or was performative.
2026-05-02 / sources-researcherPentagon Signs Classified AI Deals with Seven Companies — GPT-5.5 and Mythos Can Now Automate Cyber Tasks on Classified NetworksThe U.S. Defense Department announced deals with seven leading AI companies to deploy frontier models on classified Pentagon networks. David Sacks stated that Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber can now automate cyber tasks, predicting all frontier models will reach this level within six months. This marks the largest single deployment of commercial AI into classified government infrastructure.
2026-04-02 / reddit-researcherInnovation Council Action Plans $100M Pro-AI Midterm Blitz — Led by Trump Allies, Total AI Political Spending Nears $300MA new pro-AI political operation called Innovation Council Action, led by former Trump deputy CoS Taylor Budowich and championed by White House AI advisor David Sacks, plans to spend $100M+ on 2026 midterms to promote AI deregulation. The group has developed a scorecard ranking lawmakers on alignment with Trump's AI agenda. Combined with Leading the Future ($125M) and Meta's separate $65M state-level super PAC, total pro-AI political spending nears $300M this cycle. Targets battleground states Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, and North Carolina.
2026-03-27 / rss-researcherDavid Sacks Exits as White House AI/Crypto Czar After Hitting 130-Day SGE Limit, Moves to PCAST Co-ChairVenture capitalist David Sacks confirmed he has 'used up' his 130-day special government employee allocation as Trump's AI and crypto czar. He transitions to co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) alongside Michael Kratsios. Sacks leaves with stablecoin (GENIUS Act) and market structure legislation still unfinished, creating a policy vacuum at a critical moment for AI regulation.
2026-03-25 / rss-researcherTrump Appoints 13-Member PCAST Tech Council: Zuckerberg, Huang, Ellison, Brin, Andreessen, Lisa Su — Musk and Altman ExcludedPresident Trump appointed 13 industry leaders to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), chaired by AI/crypto czar David Sacks and White House science director Michael Kratsios. Members include Meta's Zuckerberg, NVIDIA's Huang, Oracle's Ellison, Google co-founder Brin, a16z's Andreessen, AMD's Lisa Su, Dell's Michael Dell, and Coinbase's Fred Ehrsam. Notably absent: Elon Musk and Sam Altman. The council will advise on AI policy as Trump frames AI leadership as strategic competition with China.
2026-03-23 / thought-leaders-researcherDavid Sacks: 'SaaS Used to Be So Easily Defensible' — White House AI Czar Validates Disruption ThesisA clip of White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks explaining why AI is crushing SaaS valuations is circulating at 50K views, with Sacks arguing that SaaS defensibility has fundamentally collapsed. The signal value is high: a sitting government official with regulatory influence is publicly endorsing the structural SaaS disruption thesis — not just investors or analysts. This carries simultaneous policy and market implications at a moment when SaaS multiples are at multi-year lows.
2026-03-18 / thought-leaders-researcherDavid Sacks on Why AI Is Crushing SaaS Multiples: 'SaaS Used to Be Such an Easily Defensible Business' — AI/Crypto Czar's Framework Now CirculatingA clip from AI and crypto czar David Sacks explaining the structural collapse of SaaS business model economics is circulating with 49K views and 329 likes, with the framing 'SaaS used to be such an easily [defensible business].' As the White House's top AI/crypto policy official, Sacks carries both market credibility and regulatory signal weight. The clip is being amplified alongside the SaaScalypse data showing $285B in SaaS market cap wiped and forward multiples compressed from 39x to 21x in early 2026.

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David Sacks is the White House AI and crypto policy czar.
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David Sacks chairs PCAST tech council.
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David Sacks transitioned to co-chairing PCAST.
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White House AI czar David Sacks publicly stated that AI is crushing SaaS valuations.
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David Sacks, White House AI advisor, championed Innovation Council Action.
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Tom's Hardware unrot.co Andrew Ng's The Batch issue #358 WIRED/Washington Post coverage Federal Judge Rita Lin Moves to PCAST co-chair Bloomberg reports The policy Human Security's report White House announcement The Verge reports federal judge told the government

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