Anthropic Says It’s Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government Order

Maxwell Zeff· Jun 13, 2026 · 2:26 AM UTC ·3 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 53 views

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The designation effectively barred government agencies and contractors from using Anthropic’s technology. Anthropic responded by filing lawsuits against the Trump administration.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. Prior to the public release, which Anthropic said it had conducted in collaboration with the US government, the Mythos Preview AI model had a limited rollout in April.

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▪The designation effectively barred government agencies and contractors from using Anthropic’s technology.
▪Anthropic responded by filing lawsuits against the Trump administration.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 cybers
▪Prior to the public release, which Anthropic said it had conducted in collaboration with the US government, the Mythos Preview AI model had a limited rollout in April.

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▪ Anthropic blocks all public access to Claude Fable 5, Mythos 5 following US government order — what enterprises should do — VentureBeat

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Maxwell ZeffBusinessJun 12, 2026 10:26 PMAnthropic Says It’s Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government Order“The government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or ‘jailbreaking’ Fable 5,” the company said in a blog post.Photograph: Samuel Corum/Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyAnthropic 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.The unprecedented incident marks the latest flashpoint between Anthropic and the Trump administration.

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