# Anthropic shuts off Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after US export-control order

> Source: <https://runtimewire.com/article/anthropic-fable-mythos-export-control-shutdown>
> Published: 2026-06-13 04:29:59+00:00

Anthropic (@AnthropicAI) co founder and CEO Dario Amodei was forced late Friday, June 12, to shut off the company's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all customers after the US government issued an export control directive barring access by foreign nationals, including Anthropic's own foreign national employees. The order landed at 5:21 p.m. ET, according to Anthropic's statement. Anthropic said the directive cited national security authorities, did not provide specific details of the governmen...