Anthropic suspends top AI models after U.S. export control order
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ByDavid DiMolfetta,
Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW
June 13, 2026 12:44 PM ET
The company said it would disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers after the government imposed export controls on those products, citing national security concerns.
The Trump administration has ordered Anthropic to restrict foreign national access to two of its most advanced artificial intelligence models, prompting the company to disable the systems for all customers and escalating a fight over how Washington should control frontier AI tools with powerful cybersecurity capabilities.
Anthropic said Friday evening that the U.S. issued an export control directive suspending access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, including foreign nationals inside the United States and foreign national employees of the company. Anthropic said the order effectively forces it to abruptly disable both models for all customers while it works...
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