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Trump drops restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models
The US has lifted a requirement that Anthropic obtain a license before exporting its Mythos and Fable models abroad, a requirement that effectively cut off public access to what are widely considered the most advanced AI models released to date. The AI lab said it would begin restoring access to
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The Trump Administration Is Lifting Its Export Controls on Anthropic's Mythos and Fable AI Models
The Trump administration is expected on Tuesday night to lift export controls on Anthropic's two most powerful AI models after the company reached a deal with the Commerce Department, according to a person familiar with the matter. The department will lift restrictions on both the Fable 5 model
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Trump Administration Allows Anthropic to Release Mythos to Select US Organizations
The US government has eased the restrictions it imposed on Anthropic's most advanced AI model, Claude Mythos 5, allowing the company to grant access to more than 100 US organizations, including large corporations and government agencies. In a letter sent to Anthropic's cofounder and chief compute
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Anthropic's Mythos 5 is back
After a rollercoaster negotiation process with the Trump administration that dragged on for two weeks, Anthropic's Mythos 5 is finally back in action -- at least, somewhat, for a select group of organizations, according to a letter from the government to Anthropic that was viewed by The Verge.
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Anthropic's Mythos 5 Is Available Again, No Timeline for Fable 5
Mythos 5, Anthropic's most advanced AI model, is now available again to selected partners. Access to Mythos 5 and its general-release counterpart, Fable 5, was cut off earlier this month following a government order. The order reportedly concerned a potential "jailbreak" that would have allowed
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Anthropic Restores Claude Fable 5 After U.S. Lifts Jailbreak-Linked Export Controls
Anthropic is putting Claude Fable 5 back online worldwide. On June 30, the U.S. Commerce Department lifted the export controls it had imposed on Fable and its more tightly controlled sibling Mythos 5 about two and a half weeks earlier. Fable 5 returns to users on Wednesday, July 1, across
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US to lift export controls on Anthropic's Fable AI model on Tuesday, source says
June 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to lift export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model on Tuesday, less than three weeks after the company was ordered to suspend access to its most advanced AI models over national security risks, according to a source familiar with
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White House lifts ban on Anthropic models
The US government has lifted its export controls on Anthropic's leading models, ending a weeks-long impasse between the $1tn AI company and the Trump administration. The US Department of Commerce told Anthropic it had lifted the ban on Tuesday evening, according to people with knowledge of the
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US government allows Anthropic to redeploy its Mythos and Fable AI models - Engadget
The Commerce Department has lifted their export restrictions. The US government has lifted its export ban on Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5, allowing the company to give its customers access to the AI models again. If you'll recall, the government ordered Anthropic to suspend all foreign
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Trump admin allows Anthropic to release Mythos AI model to some companies, government agencies: Reports
The U.S. government on Friday granted Anthropic permission to release its Mythos 5 model to a group of roughly 100 companies and federal agencies, according to multiple media reports. The decision marks a major step forward in the negotiations between the Trump administration and the artificial
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Fable and Mythos: Anthropic says US lifts export ban on its advanced AI tools
The US government has lifted export controls on Anthropic's most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools, just weeks after ordering it to restrict access to them over national security concerns, the company has said. Anthropic said in a social media post that it will begin restoring access to
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U.S. Lifts Restrictions on Anthropic's Most Powerful A.I. Models
Sheera Frenkel reported from San Francisco and Ana Swanson from Washington. The Commerce Department lifted restrictions on all of Anthropic's artificial intelligence models on Tuesday, allowing the company to bring its most powerful A.I. technologies back online, according to a letter from the
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US lifts export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5, clearing the model's return
The Commerce Department dropped the licence requirement after Anthropic agreed to a set of security commitments, and access starts coming back on 1 July. The US Commerce Department has lifted the export controls it placed on Anthropic's most advanced models, ending a roughly three-week freeze that
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Expect Claude Fable 5 to Be Turned Back on in a Matter of Days, Report Says
If you simply can't cope without Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 AI model -- and some actually claim they can't -- you can stop hyperventilating. A new, anonymously sourced report says insiders expect it to be back online this coming week. In addition to Fable 5, Anthropic rescinded access to its
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US close to allowing Anthropic to restore Fable 5 model, Axios reports
June 27 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is close to allowing Anthropic to restore access to its Fable 5 model, Axios reported on Saturday, citing a source close to the situation. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. Anthropic and the White House did not immediately respond to
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Trump administration allows some access to Anthropic's Mythos
The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its newest model to a small group of partners, easing tensions between the Trump administration and the company amid rising industry unease about Washington's approach to regulating AI. The commerce department gave Anthropic the green light on
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White House drops restrictions on Anthropic AI models after two-week ban
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at the Oval Office on June 22. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) The Trump administration will reverse a hastily applied export ban on artificial intelligence company Anthropic's latest technology, allowing the company to once again offer its top AI models to
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Claude Fable 5 cleared to return as US lifts Anthropic's export control restriction
Anthropic has confirmed it will begin restoring access to Claude Fable 5 this Wednesday, July 1, nearly three weeks after US export controls forced the company to take the model offline. Here are the details. In a post on X, Anthropic confirmed that the US Department of Commerce has cleared it to
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U.S. Loosens Restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos A.I. Model
Anthropic and the Trump administration reached a deal on Friday to bring one of the company's most powerful artificial intelligence models back online, after days of tense negotiations. In a letter sent to Anthropic, the Commerce Department gave the San Francisco company permission to restore some
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How the world's top AI models were revived
Why it matters: Anthropic's models are back online, but the impact of its 20-day showdown with the Trump administration will be long lasting. Behind the scenes: It began when Amazon, Anthropic's partner and investor, sounded an alarm that was later disputed by cybersecurity experts. * It warned
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Anthropic: US has lifted export controls on Fable and Mythos AI models after security risk fears
The AI company was forced earlier this month to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all foreign nationals Anthropic has said the US commerce department has lifted export controls on its Fable and Mythos AI models, less than three weeks after the company was ordered to suspend
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Claude Mythos 5 is back, but only for a select group of US institutions
Credit: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Two weeks after the Trump administration forced Anthropic to pull its most powerful AI models, the government has partially lifted the block with some strings attached. The US government has allowed Anthropic to restore access to
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US allows Anthropic to release Mythos to some US companies
June 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday allowed Anthropic to release its powerful Claude Mythos 5 AI model to some "trusted partners", according to a Commerce Department letter seen by Reuters. More than 100 companies and institutions have access to Mythos 5, including many Fortune 500
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You'll be able to use Claude Fable 5 again starting July 1
Anthropic has received a green light from the US government to restore the AI Model, weeks after a security researcher found a way around its safeguards that triggered the shutdown. Anthropic is restoring full access to Claude Fable 5 starting tomorrow, weeks after a US government directive forced
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Anthropic's Mythos 5 AI model cleared by U.S. for wider use | Fortune
Anthropic PBC won US approval to restore some access to its powerful Mythos 5 artificial intelligence model, after resolving Trump administration concerns about the technology's potential threats to national security. "Anthropic has worked with the US government to address risks associated with
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Anthropic says Trump administration lifted restrictions on some of its most powerful Claude AI models
Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. Joe previously covered breaking news for Forbes and local news in Boston. Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said Tuesday the federal government has lifted a set of restrictions on its powerful Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models,
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Commerce Department gives green light for Anthropic to bring back Fable 5
Howard Lutnick, U.S. commerce secretary in the Oval Office in April.Will Oliver / Bloomberg via Getty Images The public will once again be able to access Anthropic's powerful Fable 5 model, the AI giant said Tuesday, weeks after the Commerce Department required the company to disable the model
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US govt lifts restrictions on powerful AI models, Anthropic says
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Anthropic will soon begin restoring access globally to its most powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, after the US government lifted a restriction on where they could be released, the company said Tuesday. Over the past couple of weeks, the Trump
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US lifts export controls on powerful AI models
Anthropic will restore global access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models after the US Department of Commerce lifted security restrictions that blocked the powerful systems earlier this month. The US government has lifted restrictions on powerful AI models, such as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, according to
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Anthropic's Fable 5 is back after the Trump administration lifted export controls
Why it matters: It's the most powerful publicly available AI tool -- so capable that the U.S. government decided Anthropic had to add further safety measures in order to make it broadly available. Driving the news: Fable is available to all customers, Anthropic said, though queries it deems to
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US lifts export ban on Anthropic's Mythos, Fable models
The company managed to restore Mythos access for select US organisations late last week. The US government reversed its export ban on Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5 AI models, ending a more than two week blockade that sent shockwaves across the world. "We've received notice that the Department
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Anthropic's most powerful AI is making a comeback, but only for a select few
The U.S. government has approved the limited return of Mythos 5 as Fable 5 edges closer to a wider release. Anthropic's AI restrictions may finally be starting to thaw. After being forced offline earlier this month over U.S. government security concerns, the company's most advanced AI models are
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US allows Anthropic to redeploy Mythos and Fable models
The US government has lifted its export ban on Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5 AI models. This decision allows the company to restore access to its AI models for customers after previously being mandated to suspend foreign nationals' access to these systems. In compliance with the government's
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Anthropic Restores Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Access
Claude Fable 5 will be redeployed with a new set of classifiers designed to identify and block a broader range of cybersecurity-related tasks. Artificial intelligence company Anthropic is set to restore public access to its most powerful AI models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, weeks after they
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US lifts export restrictions on Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model
Washington | The US government removed foreign access restrictions on Anthropic PBC's Fable 5 artificial intelligence model, clearing it for wider distribution after the startup resolved the Trump administration's safety concerns. The Commerce Department had imposed an export control rule via a
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Anthropic to restore global access to most powerful AI models
Anthropic said on Tuesday it would restore global access to its most advanced AI models after the US government lifted export restrictions imposed earlier this month over national security concerns. The decision marks a reversal after the company worked with Washington to strengthen safeguards
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Anthropic cleared to restore Mythos 5 to certain US organisations
"We're restoring access for these organizations quickly, and we're continuing to work with the government to expand access to Mythos 5 and make Fable 5 available for general use again," the company said on Friday. Anthropic said on Friday that the US government had told the company it could
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Trump administration to lift restrictions on Anthropic's Fable 5
Why it matters: The decision, eagerly awaited by AI developers, restores public access to the company's powerful Mythos-class model that had been pulled for security reasons 18 days ago. Driving the news: Last week, the Trump administration allowed Anthropic to restore access to Mythos 5 for a
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How Anthropic Made Its Powerful Fable 5 Model Safe to Deploy Again, Ending a Global Shutdown
The last two weeks have been tumultuous for the company. They launched Fable 5 on June 9, only to have it blocked three days later after a "national security concern" flagged by the U.S. government. Soon after, Anthropic blocked access to the model for all users globally. Now the company has
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Trump administration lifts limits on Anthropic's new AI models
The Trump administration lifted Tuesday the restrictions placed on Anthropic's new Fable and Mythos models, restoring access just over two weeks since the export controls on the artificial intelligence models were put in place. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced the decision on X, writing
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Mythos AI: Mythos and the fight over America's most powerful AI
After a US government greenlight, global access to Anthropic's powerful AI model Fable 5 -- along with restricted access to the even more powerful Mythos 5 -- has been restored, following a standoff that strained ties between Washington and Silicon Valley. - Just three days after Fable 5 launched,
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Scoop: Powerful Anthropic model, Fable 5, on track to return soon
Why it matters: For developers and even non-technical early adopters, Fable 5's blackout was unprecedented and deeply jarring -- a top-tier model, already in users' hands, pulled offline due to government intervention. The big picture: The progress toward liberating Fable 5 marks a thaw in a
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Anthropic Says 'We're Grateful' as Trump Administration Lifts Export Controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mytho
On Tuesday, Anthropic announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models. Anthropic Restores Access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 "We're grateful to our users for their patience, and to everyone who worked
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US lifts curbs on Anthropic's Fable, Mythos AI models
Anthropic said on Tuesday that the US Commerce Department has lifted export controls on its Fable and Mythos AI models, less than three weeks after the company was ordered to suspend access to its most advanced AI models over national security risks. Washington has stepped up oversight of new
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Fable 5 and Mythos 5: US govt lifts restrictions on powerful AI models, Anthropic says
Anthropic will soon begin restoring access globally to its most powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, after the US government lifted a restriction on where they could be released, the company said Tuesday. "We've received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on
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Anthropic Gets Greenlight From US to Restore Mythos Access | PYMNTS.com
This came after the AI startup resolved the White House's concerns about the potential national security danger represented by the model, Bloomberg News reported late Friday (June 26). "Anthropic has worked with the US government to address risks associated with the Covered Models," Commerce
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Anthropic launches new safety classifier to block jailbreak technique Amazon flagged
On June 12, Amazon engineers handed a report to the U.S. Commerce Department. Within hours, two of Anthropic's newest AI models went offline for every user on the planet. Nineteen days later, Anthropic got them back. The return of Claude Fable 5 to global availability on July 1 is the result of
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Anthropic's Mythos is coming back for a select group of entities approved by the U.S. government
Why it matters: The abrupt removal of Mythos 5 and Fable 5 created uncertainty within the industry and among allies around the world whose cyber capabilities were stunted by the loss. Inside the letter: Anthropic's engagement with the government has "yielded significant progress," the June 26
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Anthropic's Fable 5 to come back online after two-week ban by US government - report
Fable 5, Anthropic's most powerful AI model, is set to return to worldwide availability following more than two weeks of it being banned by the US government, Axios reported on Saturday. A source from Anthropic told Axios that the security concerns raised by the Trump administration were resolved
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US Lifts Restrictions on Anthropic's Claude Mythos, Allows it Export the Technology
In just over two weeks after they banned exports of Claude Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models, the US Administration has now lifted all restrictions on Anthropic's two powerful AI models and allowed the company to bring them back online. They also would no need a license for exports or in-country
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US close to allowing Anthropic to restore Fable 5 model, Axios reports
Anthropic had abruptly disabled its most advanced AI models - Mythos 5 and Fable 5 - for all users after the government's June 12 export control order. The Trump administration is close to allowing Anthropic to restore access to its Fable 5 model, Axios reported on Saturday, citing a source close
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Anthropic restores access to Mythos 5 for select organizations
On June 12, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sent Anthropic a letter giving the company 90 minutes to disable two of its most powerful AI models for every customer it had, anywhere in the world. Anthropic confirmed it complied. Two weeks of negotiations in Washington followed. On June 26, Lutnick
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Trump administration lifts export controls on Anthropic's most powerful AI models, ending bitter standoff
The Trump administration lifted emergency export controls on Anthropic's most advanced artificial intelligence models on Tuesday night, according to a top White House official -- abruptly ending a bitter standoff that disrupted the global tech sector. "Anthropic has agreed to proactively detect
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Trump Admin Says Claude Mythos 5 Can Give Limited Access to "Trusted Partners
The rigmarole set up by the White House under Trump around AI hegemony has led G7 nations and India to see Red with calls for indigenous AI development gaining traction yet again Anthropic has received approval from the Trump regime to restore limited access of its powerful Mythos 5 AI model
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Anthropic says US lifted export controls on Fable, Mythos models By Investing.com
Investing.com-- Anthropic said on Tuesday evening that the U.S. government had lifted export controls on its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models. The AI startup will begin restoring access from Wednesday, Anthropic said in a blog post. A Politico report earlier on Tuesday
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US allows Anthropic to release Mythos to 'trusted partners'
The US government has partially lifted restrictions on Anthropic's advanced AI model, Claude Mythos 5, allowing trusted partners access after initial concerns about its potential misuse by adversaries. This move follows a two-week period where the AI firm collaborated with officials to address
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US allows Anthropic to release Mythos AI to 'trusted' US organizations
WASHINGTON - Anthropic said on Friday that the U.S. government has allowed it to release its powerful Claude Mythos 5 artificial intelligence model to some "trusted" U.S. organizations, partially reversing an order two weeks ago to suspend access over national security risks. More than 100
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Anthropic nears deal with U.S. to lift AI model export restrictions By Investing.com
Anthropic is moving closer to an agreement with the Trump administration that could lead to the removal of U.S. restrictions on two of its most advanced artificial intelligence models, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The report said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has
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Claude Fable 5 is back worldwide: US lifts export curbs
Anthropic is putting Claude Fable 5 back online worldwide starting Wednesday, July 1, after the U.S. Department of Commerce dropped the export controls that kept the model offline for 18 days. The outage started with a June 12 directive that barred foreign nationals from using Claude Fable 5 and
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US lifts curbs on Anthropic's cutting-edge Fable, Mythos AI models
STORY: Anthropic says the U.S. has lifted export controls on its latest AI models. The move comes less than three weeks after the company was forced to suspend access to its newest products over national security risks. That prompted Anthropic to abruptly disable its Mythos 5 and Fable 5
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US government lifts restrictions on powerful AI models, Anthropic says
(Alliance News) - Anthropic PBC will soon begin restoring access globally to its most powerful artificial intelligence models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, after the US government lifted a restriction on where they could be released, the company said Tuesday. "We've received notice that the Department of
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US lifts curbs on Anthropic's Fable, Mythos AI models
June 30 (Reuters) - Anthropic said on Tuesday that the U.S. Commerce Department has lifted export controls on its Fable and Mythos AI models, less than three weeks after the company was ordered to suspend access to its most advanced AI models over national security risks. Washington has stepped up
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US to lift export controls on Anthropic's Fable AI model on Tuesday, source says
June 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to lift export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model on Tuesday, less than three weeks after the company was ordered to suspend access to its most advanced AI models over national security risks, according to a source familiar with the
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US close to allowing Anthropic to restore Fable 5 model, Axios reports
June 27 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is close to allowing Anthropic to restore access to its Fable 5 model, Axios reported on Saturday, citing a source close to the situation. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. Anthropic and the White House did not immediately respond to
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Fable 5 restored: Your guide to what Anthropic's flagship AI can and can't do
The most advanced anthropic public model is finally back up and running after being shut down globally by a US government export control order after just three weeks, less than a week after release. The Fable 5 model is now available on the Claude Platform, Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude
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Anthropic, OpenAI model restriction: AI juggernaut slowing down?
India's Pax Silica access rests on a handshake, not a guarantee Literally in a fortnight, first Anthropic then OpenAI, two of the world's leading AI companies had to postpone the launch of their latest frontier AI model - Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for Anthropic, GPT 5.6 for OpenAI. Why? The US
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The US government has lifted export controls on Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models after weeks of intense negotiations. The restrictions, imposed on June 12, had effectively cut off public access to what many consider the most advanced AI models released to date. Anthropic will begin restoring access on July 1, though the company faces ongoing questions about the erratic nature of AI policymaking under the current administration.

The Trump administration has lifted export restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models, ending a contentious standoff that had blocked access to some of the most advanced AI models available
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. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced that Anthropic agreed to proactively detect and address security risks, work with the US government on protocols and standards, and report any malicious activity. The AI lab said it would begin restoring access to the models on Wednesday, July 11
.On June 12, the US government had added Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models to its list of export-restricted technologies, requiring special approval before making them available to foreign nationals
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. Complying with that rule proved impractical at scale, forcing Anthropic to end public access altogether. The Commerce Department imposed these restrictions after learning the company shared access with South Korean telecommunications firm SK Telecom, which officials believed had ties to China3
. Additionally, after Amazon and the NSA raised jailbreak concerns about Fable 5, the Trump administration became convinced it needed to take action3
.In recent weeks, Anthropic changed its approach to negotiations with the Commerce Department and the White House
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. The company originally contended that jailbreak concerns were overblown, arguing it was impossible to ensure zero jailbreaks that could unlock the more powerful capabilities of Mythos 52
. Anthropic later assured the administration it would try to reduce jailbreaks by building more robust safeguards, effectively telling officials what they wanted to hear rather than relitigating the conceptual issue2
. CEO Dario Amodei was replaced in meetings with cofounder Tom Brown, who officials preferred on a personal level2
.The government's decision to ease US government restrictions allows more than 100 US organizations, including large corporations and government agencies, to regain access to Mythos 5
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. In his letter to Tom Brown, Lutnick wrote that organizations approved to use Mythos may now extend access to their foreign national employees, as well as Anthropic's foreign national employees3
. This arrangement mirrors the approach taken with OpenAI, which received similar approval for its GPT-5.6 models4
.Cybersecurity experts were skeptical of the restrictions from the start, noting that Anthropic had already publicly pledged to implement many of these security measures voluntarily months before the export rule existed
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. Pressure built on the Trump administration as Asian AI companies began releasing their own AI models approaching Mythos-level capabilities, including Fugu and Tulonfeng, raising concerns that American AI could not compete globally1
. The restrictions also had immediate business consequences, with legal technology firm Legion filing a lawsuit claiming that losing access to Fable 5 caused "immediate, irreparable and existential" harm5
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The Trump administration's approach to AI policymaking has left companies across the industry with little clarity about what will govern future model releases
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. An executive order issued in June that signaled a desire to review models ahead of release was criticized by influential analysts like Dean W. Ball, who recently started a policy position at OpenAI1
. Ball noted in a June 16 blog post that Anthropic's spat with the administration has shown frontier AI model developers they "need an explicit green light from the government now"3
. OpenAI echoed these concerns, stating in its GPT-5.6 blog post that "we don't believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default"4
.Mythos was originally made available to a select group of organizations beginning in April to address concerns about its ability to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in software, while Fable was released to the public in June with additional security guardrails
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. The Commerce Department's involvement, led by Secretary Lutnick alongside national cyber director Sean Cairncross, reflects the intersection of national security and AI governance2
. Lutnick reserved the right to reevaluate and adjust license requirements should circumstances change, indicating that regulatory challenges may continue4
. The saga has also raised broader questions about the extent to which the administration will seek to control future model releases, particularly as global competition in AI intensifies and cybersecurity concerns remain at the forefront of policy discussions.Summarized by
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