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U.S. Commerce Department Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI Models After Earlier Suspension
The Commerce Department will remove restrictions on two Anthropic AI models after a June 12 suspension. The change follows negotiations over safeguards against unauthorized access to restricted capabilities.
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The U.S. Commerce Department will lift export-control restrictions on Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models. Wired reported that the policy reversal will be communicated in a letter from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to Anthropic cofounder Tom Brown.
Mythos 5 had been approved only for select companies and government agencies before the June 12 order suspended access over national security risks. Anthropic disabled both models immediately after that order. The company announced on June 30 that the controls had been removed.
Lutnick led the Trump administration’s efforts to resolve the dispute, working with National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross. Anthropic has collaborated with the Commerce Department and the White House to strengthen safeguards against users bypassing Fable’s safety restrictions, particularly for cybersecurity-related capabilities.
Wired reported that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was replaced in meetings with the administration by cofounder Tom Brown.
Officials preferred Brown on a personal level. Anthropic assured the administration it would reduce jailbreaks by building more robust safeguards rather than contesting whether such bypasses could be fully prevented.
