The Battle Over Claude Mythos 5
▼ Summary
– Anthropic received a US export control directive to suspend access to its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 AI models by any foreign national, including its own employees.
– The company determined the only way to comply was to disable the products it had been heavily promoting for the past week.
– Anthropic traveled to Washington, DC in an attempt to change President Donald Trump’s mind on the directive.
While much of America was cheering historic sports victories , the nation’s first World Cup title and a New York Knicks championship , Anthropic found itself locked in a tense weekend battle with the Trump administration over its newest AI release. At 5:21 PM on Friday, the company received a US export control directive ordering it to suspend access to its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 AI models by “any foreign national” both inside and outside the United States, a category that explicitly includes “foreign national Anthropic employees.” The only path to compliance, Anthropic concluded, was to fully disable the products it had spent the previous week heavily promoting, and to send representatives to Washington, DC in a last-ditch effort to change President Donald Trump’s mind.
(Source: The Verge)
