Anthropic says US has lifted export controls on Fable and Mythos AI models after security fears

AI company was forced last month to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all foreign nationals Anthropic has restored customer access to its powerful newest AI model, Fable, after a more than two-week blackout resulting from US government safety concerns that it could be abused to enable serious cyber-attacks. The San Francisco company said export controls had been lifted, citing a social media post from the US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, in which he said: “Over the past two weeks, we have worked closely with Anthropic to analyze and approve Fable 5 to ensure alignment across the US Government and strengthen America’s leadership in AI.” Three days after Claude Fable 5 was launched on 9 June, the US government ordered Anthropic to immediately restrict access to it and a related model, Claude Mythos 5, banning their use by foreign nationals, whether inside or outside the US. Washington feared the powerful AIs could be used to mount devastating cyber-attacks by foreign adversaries. On ‌Friday the US government allowed Anthropic to release Mythos 5, to some “trusted” US organisations, partly reversing the order. Mythos was only released to a small number of tru