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Anthropic disables Fable and Mythos AI models after U.S. government bars it from giving foreigners access
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Anthropic was forced to disable all access to its newest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, late on Friday after the U.S. Commerce Department used national security export controls to bar the company from distributing the models to any foreign national.
Key facts
- Anthropic said that it received the directive at 5:21 pm Eastern Time
- Anthropic was forced to disable all access to its newest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, late on Friday after the U.S. Commerce Department used national security export controls to bar the company
- Several key Trump technology policy advisors, most notably former AI and crypto czar David Sacks and Pentagon undersecretary of defense for research and engineering Emil Michael, have publicly
- Gary Marcus, a frequent critic of the AI industry, said in a social media post that he thought the government’s action made sense, especially given its oft-stated position that the U.S. must stay
Summary
Commerce Department used national security export controls to bar the company from distributing the models to any foreign national. The directive includes not people located outside the U.S., but also any foreign national in the U.S., including Anthropic’s own non-citizen employees. Given the scope of the directive, Anthropic argued it had no choice but to disable the models for all users. “We apologize for this disruption to our customers,” Anthropic wrote in a post on X. Anthropic said that it received the directive at 5:21 pm Eastern Time.