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Anthropic Confirms It’s Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government Order
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Anthropic says it’s disabling two AI models it launched earlier this week, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, to comply with an export control directive it received Friday afternoon from the US government citing national security concerns.
Key facts
- Anthropic says it’s disabling two AI models it launched earlier this week, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, to comply with an export control directive it received Friday afternoon from the US government
- Anthropic says it received a letter from the US government at 5:21 pm ET
- On Tuesday, Anthropic publicly released Claude Fable 5, a version of the company’s Mythos AI model with safeguards that prevent it from answering questions about cybersecurity, biology, and chemistry
- Spokespeople for the White House and US Commerce Department did not immediately respond to WIRED’s request for comment
Summary
The unprecedented incident marks the latest flashpoint between Anthropic and the Trump administration. Earlier this year, Trump’s Department of Defense labeled Anthropic a “ supply chain risk ” after the Claude-maker sought to draw red lines over how the US military could use its technology. On Tuesday, Anthropic publicly released Claude Fable 5, a version of the company’s Mythos AI model with safeguards that prevent it from answering questions about cybersecurity, biology, and chemistry. Anthropic says it received a letter from the US government at 5:21 pm ET.