Anthropic · Claude · Mythos · U.S. · NBC News Tech
Anthropic stops new AI models after government directive
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The U.S. government instructed Anthropic to prevent any foreign national from accessing the AI company’s latest and most powerful models Friday evening, according to the AI giant.
Key facts
- Anthropic released Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on Tuesday, trumpeting the new models as the most powerful AI systems it had ever shared
- Anthropic said it believed Friday’s directive stemmed from “a misunderstanding” and hoped to reinstate access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 as soon as possible
- On June 2, Trump signed a landmark executive order on AI
- Anthropic, the company behind the popular Claude chatbot, said it had to disable access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers, not foreign nationals, to comply with the directive
Summary
Anthropic, the company behind the popular Claude chatbot, said it had to disable access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers, not foreign nationals, to comply with the directive. “The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees,” the company wrote posted online late Friday evening. Anthropic’s decision to suspend user access appears to be the first time a leading AI company has taken a publicly deployed model offline due to intervention from the federal government.