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Machine Learning Street Talk · Monday, July 13, 2026

The 'Fable' Ban and the Rise of Sovereign AI Discussions

Alistair Pullen notes that the recent ban of 'Fable' due to export controls has accelerated discussions around sovereign AI. He links this to Cosine AI's expertise in model training and building, which enabled them to pursue the sovereign AI mandate.

personAlistair PullencompanyCosine AI

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And I was horrified as many were when Fable suddenly um got banned.
Alistair Pullen
because of this export control. And now everyone suddenly is thinking about sovereign AI.
Alistair Pullen
So, well, it it ties into, it ties into a bunch of different things. um it ties into like the backstory of Co sign and one of the reasons we're fortunate to be able to do sovereign AI is that we have a lot of expertise around model training, model building, um all of the infra, algorithms, data, people that you need to do that kind of thing.
Alistair Pullen
Heard on Machine Learning Street Talk — “Why a Nation Can't Outsource Its Frontier AI - Alistair Pullen (Cosine AI), published Monday, July 13, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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