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The US government has removed export restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models, ending a ban that forced the company to cut off public access on June 12. Anthropic will begin restoring access on July 1 after agreeing to proactively detect security risks and coordinate with the US government on protocols for current and future model releases.

Anthropic will restore access to Claude Fable 5 on July 1, 2026, after the US Department of Commerce lifted export controls that forced the company to disable the model on June 12. The controls were imposed after Amazon researchers allegedly demonstrated that specific prompts could elicit information useful for cyberattacks.

Anthropic announced it will begin restoring access to Claude Fable 5 after the Department of Commerce lifted export controls that had blocked foreign nationals from using the model since early June. The consumer-facing model, built on the same underlying technology as Mythos 5 but with additional safeguards, was sidelined following a Trump administration ultimatum over jailbreak concerns.

The US Commerce Department has partially lifted export controls on Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 model, permitting its release to over 100 US institutions including major companies and government agencies. The restrictions, imposed two weeks ago alongside a block on Claude Fable 5, reportedly stemmed from concerns about potential jailbreaks and Chinese access.

OpenAI released an updated GPT-5.5-Cyber model that scores 85.6% on CyberGym, surpassing Anthropic's Mythos 5 (83.8%) — the same model that triggered Trump administration export controls. The release proceeds without the political pushback that forced Anthropic to restrict foreign national access.

The White House ordered Anthropic to restrict exports of its Mythos and Fable AI models last Friday, citing national security concerns. Anthropic pulled both models offline within 90 minutes of the Commerce Department directive, marking the first major test of AI export controls.

The US government imposed export controls on Anthropic's newly released Claude Fable 5 and underlying Mythos models on Friday, restricting access even for foreign nationals working at Anthropic in the United States. Anthropic took both models completely offline rather than risk non-compliance, leaving Fable unavailable to all users as of this writing.

Anthropic shut down access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models on June 12, 2026, following a White House order to block foreign national access. The directive came after Amazon security researchers reportedly found jailbreak methods that could expose cybersecurity vulnerabilities, though Anthropic disputes the severity of the findings.

Anthropic pulled Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 from all users worldwide on June 13, 2026, following a US government directive citing national security authorities. The directive, issued with approximately 90 minutes notice, claimed awareness of a jailbreak method, though Anthropic disputes the severity and uniqueness of the vulnerability.

Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model was pulled from public access Friday night after Amazon reported security vulnerabilities to the White House. The administration imposed export controls on Anthropic's Mythos-class models just days after the June 9 release.

The U.S. government ordered Anthropic to immediately shut down access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 on Friday, citing national security concerns. Anthropic received the directive at 5:21 pm ET and has complied, disabling both models worldwide, but says the government received only verbal evidence of a 'potential narrow, non-universal jailbreak.'

The US government has ordered Anthropic to immediately suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all users, citing national security concerns over an alleged jailbreak technique. Anthropic states the directive, received at 5:21pm ET, provided no specific details beyond a claimed bypass method that other publicly-available models can already perform.