Anthropic says it has taken its latest AI models offline to comply with new export controls
Anthropic says it has taken its latest AI models offline to comply with new export controls
Publish Date: 2026-06-12 22:32:00
Source Domain: wtop.com
- AI company Anthropic took its latest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration aimed at preventing foreign nationals from accessing these advanced models.
- The U.S. government has imposed significant export controls as its most notable move yet to restrict access to advanced AI models.
- Anthropic released a limited version of the Fable 5 model publicly, while keeping the more advanced Mythos 5 under stringent control due to cybersecurity concerns.
- Anthropic expressed disagreement with the government’s directive, stating it lacked clear transparency and technical basis and referred to it as a “misunderstanding.”
- The company hopes to restore access to the models once it resolves the issues with the government regulation.
- The directive comes in the context of a recent executive order by President Donald Trump to establish a framework to evaluate the national security risks of advanced AI for up to a month before public release, though participation by AI developers is voluntary.
