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U.S. Eases Export Controls on Anthropic AI Model After Two-Week Ban
The Commerce Department lifted export restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos model on Friday. OpenAI separately delayed the public release of GPT-5.6 at government request the same day.
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The U.S. Commerce Department informed Anthropic on Friday that export controls on its Mythos AI model would be relaxed after a two-week period in which the company had disabled the model for all users. On the same day, OpenAI announced it was withholding the wide release of its GPT-5.6 model at the request of the U.S. government.
Background on the Export Controls The export controls on Mythos and a related model called Fable were imposed after the discovery of a Fable jailbreak that could allow users to circumvent guardrails designed to prevent access to Mythos' full cyber capabilities. Anthropic had filed paperwork for an IPO expected in the coming months and is valued at $965 billion.
April, the Pentagon labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk after the company refused to accept certain contract language. Trump administration officials publicly criticized Anthropic and its CEO Dario Amodei during both disputes. Anthropic disputed accounts that Amodei was unavailable when the White House called, stating he was on the phone with the administration within an hour and fifteen minutes.
Anthropic has not hired personnel with ties to the Trump administration, unlike several other technology companies.
