# China may have accessed Mythos > Source: > Published: 2026-06-14 18:27:55+00:00 According to a new report from [Semafor](https://www.semafor.com/article/06/13/2026/white-house-move-to-limit-anthropic-linked-to-concerns-about-chinese-access-to-mythos), the White House’s decision to impose [export restrictions](/ai-artificial-intelligence/949553/anthropic-fable-5-mythos-5-government-national-security) on Anthropic’s Mythos was driven in part by fears that it had been accessed by a group linked to China. If the Chinese government actually had access to Mythos 5 or Fable 5, it would present a serious national security risk. The government could also attempt to reverse engineer the model through [distillation](https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/knowledge-distillation), a method in which a “student” AI is trained on a more advanced model to replicate its behavior. The White House has not confirmed this report, and a post on X by Trump advisor [David Sacks](https://x.com/davidsacks/status/2065853007619588171?s=46) did not mention China. Instead, Sacks focused on a reported ability for Fable and Mythos to be [jailbroken](/ai-artificial-intelligence/949601/amazon-anthropic-fablemythos-government-ban), something that Anthropic has denied. Anthropic has not replied to a request for comment, though a spokesperson told *Semafor* that the government did not bring up China during its discussions around export controls. If Mythos was accessed by the Chinese government, it wouldn’t be the first [embarrassing](/ai-artificial-intelligence/917644/anthropic-claude-mythos-breach-humiliation) breach of Anthropic’s most powerful model. The company has said that Mythos is too dangerous and powerful for public consumption, but a Discord group [reportedly had access ](/ai-artificial-intelligence/916501/anthropic-mythos-unauthorized-users-access-security)for two weeks before Anthropic discovered the breach and cut off access.