The Border Moved Inside
A reported Commerce order barred foreign persons—including Anthropic staff in the US—from Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Anthropic said it would disable both models for every customer, turning an export boundary into an identity boundary.
Anthropic says it is disabling Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers after the US government issued an export control order, citing national security concerns
The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 …
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Source: the US Commerce Department decided to block foreign persons from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after a company claimed it was able to jailbreak Mythos
The Trump administration is blocking foreign governments, companies and individuals from accessing Anthropic's most advanced AI models.
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I've had a number of conversations with folks inside and outside government about the current situation with Anthropic, and here is what I believe to be true: — As we know, Anthropic publicly released...
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Anthropic says it believes the US government's export control order for Mythos 5 and Fable 5 is a “misunderstanding” and that it is working to restore access
Anthropic said on Friday it has been ordered by the U.S. government to suspend access for all foreign nationals …
US barring foreign nationals, including Anthropic staffers in the US, from using Fable 5 and Mythos 5 marks a new phase in the US trying to control Anthropic
The company said on Friday night that the federal government had ordered limits on its Mythos and Fable 5 A.I. systems, citing national security concerns.
Companies with rising AI costs are increasingly using tools that tap cheaper models, including some from China, putting pricing pressure on OpenAI and Anthropic
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Sources: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is among tech leaders who raised concerns with Trump officials about Mythos 5, setting in motion new export restrictions
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was among the tech leaders who raised concerns to senior Trump administration officials this week about security risks …
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Luta Security CEO says US government restrictions on Mythos follow a jailbreak report by Amazon researchers and calls the restrictions a “complete overreaction”
The Trump administration is banning foreign governments, companies and individuals from using Anthropic's …
European political figures say Anthropic disabling access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 is a “wake-up call” about the risks of depending on the US for AI tech
Anthropic said it believed the US government had become aware of a potential means of jailbreaking Fable 5.
Source: the White House is unlikely to extend export restrictions to other AI companies
The White House is unlikely to extend export restrictions on Anthropic's advanced models to other AI companies, an official close to the U.S. government said Saturday.
Source: the White House imposed export controls on Mythos partly over suspicions a China-linked group had accessed it
THE SCOOP — The White House imposed export controls on Anthropic's powerful Mythos AI model partly over suspicions that a China-linked group had accessed it, a person familiar with the matter said.