The World's Most Powerful AI Was Banned, Then Unbanned — But Only for Big Companies
On June 12, the US Commerce Department forced Anthropic to shut down its two most powerful AI models — Fable 5 and Mythos 5 — citing a vague export control directive. Two weeks later, on June 26, the Trump administration partially reversed course: Mythos 5 is now available to over 100 US companies and government agencies. Fable 5 remains banned for the public. The ban was triggered not by a genuine security crisis, but by a mix of Amazon's internal politics, a jailbreak that experts say shouldn't have triggered export controls, and a long-standing feud between Anthropic and the Trump administration. The result: a dangerous precedent where AI model access is determined by political winds, not technical safety.
I've been following AI for years. I've seen hype cycles, safety panics, and regulatory posturing. But I've never seen anything quite like what just happened.
Two weeks ago, a letter from the...
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