The Federal Government Suspends Access to Fable 5 and Mythos Models for Foreign Nationals

IBL News | New York

Anthropic said on Friday that the Federal Government had ordered the company to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all foreign nationals.

The company revealed the order in a social media post, saying that it “must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance.”

Foreign nationals — including citizens of allied nations like Canada or Britain — who work for Anthropic on it are also affected by the suspension.

The order to limit access to the new AI models came from the Commerce Department.

These limits on foreigners represent a new chapter in Anthropic’s often rocky relationship with the federal government.

It is also the second time the Trump administration has targeted the San Francisco-based company.

Government restrictions on the sale of key technologies, such as computer chips, to countries like China are common.

But the order limiting who can use Anthropic’s technology is unusually expansive and could, in theory, block Anthropic employees who are.