US lifts restrictions on Anthropic’s powerful AI models Fable and Mythos
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US lifts restrictions on Anthropic’s powerful AI models Fable and Mythos
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xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoBy John PowerPublished On 1 Jul 20261 Jul 2026The United States government has lifted its restrictions on foreign access to Anthropic’s most powerful AI models, the company has announced.
Anthropic said late on Tuesday that it would begin restoring access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 from tomorrow, after the US Department of Commerce notified the company that it had removed its export controls. “We’re grateful to our users for their patience, and to everyone who worked with us on redeploying the models,” Anthropic said in a statement posted on X. In a letter to Anthropic that was widely circulated online, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the company would no longer require an export licence, as it had agreed to “proactively detect and address security risks associated with the models”, to work with the government on standards for upcoming models, and to inform the government of “malicious activity”.
Anthropic abruptly shut off Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 last month after US President Donald Trump’s administration ordered the company to restrict all foreign nationals, including company employees, from accessing the models. Anthropic said at the time that the government had not provided a specific reason for the order beyond unspecified national security concerns, but that it believed officials were worried about security vulnerabilities in Fable 5. On Friday, the San Francisco-based company said it had been granted approval to provide the models to US organisations that “operate and defend critical infrastructure”, and that it was working with the government to restore general access for the public.
The restrictions had been the latest source of tension in the testy relationship between Anthropic and the Trump administration. In March, Anthropic sued the Department of Defense after the Pentagon labelled the company a “supply chain risk” over its refusal to work with the US military without explicit assurances that its AI tools would not be used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons.
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Comments: by Miranda Nazzaro - 06/30/26 8:15 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Miranda Nazzaro - 06/30/26 8:15 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING 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 the agency has “worked closely with Anthropic to analyze and approve Fable 5 to ensure alignment across the US Government and strengthen America’s leadership in AI.” Anthropic confirmed it was notified of the decision for Fable 5 and Mythos 5 and will begin restoring the models Wednesday. “We’re grateful to our users for their patience, and to everyone who worked with us on redeploying the models,” the company wrote on X. Lutnick informed Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown via a letter obtained by The Hill Tuesday. “A license is no longer required for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer, including deemed export or deemed reexport, of the Mythos or Fable models,” Lutnick wrote. The Trump administration sent Anthropic a federal export control order earlier this month, prompting Anthropic to abruptly pull its newest Claude Mythos 5 and Fable models just three days after their release. The models were both based on Anthropic’s first Mythos model, which the company initially opted not to release to the broader public amid concerns it could supercharge hacking capabilities. Fable 5 was released to the public with safeguards in place meant to protect against uses the company considered dangerous, while a new version of Mythos was provided to a small group of cyber-defenders and infrastructure providers with fewer guardrails.
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