Anthropic’s long-sidelined Fable 5 is greenlit to return

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After weeks of negotiating with the Trump administration, Anthropic’s consumer-facing Mythos-class model is back.

by Hayden Field

Jul 1, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC

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Hayden Field is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets.

After weeks of negotiating with the Trump administration, Anthropic is finally going to be able to bring Claude Fable 5 back online. In a post on X, Anthropic said it plans to begin restoring access tomorrow.

We’ve received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5.

We’ll begin restoring access tomorrow, and will share an update soon.

We’re grateful to our users for their patience, and to everyone who worked with us on redeploying the models.

In early June, Anthropic sidelined Fable...

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