Anthropic is pulling its two newest AI models after a U.S. government directive

Anthropic said the directive from the federal government offered no explanation of the underlying national security rationale

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Anthropic announced late Friday that it is disabling access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all customers after the U.S. government issued an export control directive prohibiting their use by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States.

Anthropic said it received the directive Friday evening. The Claude maker said it chose to shut down access entirely, given that selective compliance would have required blocking a wide swath of users — among them Anthropic's own foreign-born staff. Access to all other Anthropic models will not be affected, the company said.

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