Anthropic's Fable shutdown turns into a trust fight with Washington

The U.S. government ordered Anthropic to block foreign national access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 on June 12, prompting the company to disable both models for all customers. The order, received at 5:21 p.m. ET, applies to any foreign national including Anthropic's non-U.S. employees, escalating a trust conflict between the AI firm and Washington.

Dario Amodei's core bet at Anthropic collided with Washington's emergency powers on June 12, when the U.S. government ordered the company to block foreign national access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 and Anthropic disabled both models for every customer. The order, which Anthropic said it received at 5:21 p.m. ET on Friday, June 12, applied to any foreign national inside or outside the United States, including Anthropic's own non U.S. employees. Anthropic said it could not safely enf...