US Government Orders Anthropic to Suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Access Under National Security Directive
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The U.S. government has ordered Anthropic to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models under a national security export control directive, multiple sources reported. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sent a letter to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Friday notifying the company of the ban on use by foreign nationals, including foreign employees of Anthropic, according to bsky. The directive, received at 5:21 p.m. ET, forced Anthropic to disable the models for all customers to ensure compliance, while other models remain unaffected, Hacker News and bsky reported. Anthropic stated it disagrees with the government's handling of the matter, bsky noted.
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Summary
The US government has issued an export control directive under national security authorities, ordering Anthropic to suspend all access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models by any foreign national, both inside and outside the US. This abrupt order forces Anthropic to disable these models for all customers to ensure compliance, while other models remain unaffected. The directive was received at 5:21pm ET and lacks specific details about the national security concerns behind it.
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The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance.
The letter did not provide specific details of its national security concern.
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