Trump administration moves to restore access to Anthropic’s Fable 5 model

The Trump administration is nearing an agreement to restore access to Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model after 15 days of suspension due to export controls imposed over national security concerns. The model was taken offline following jailbreaking vulnerabilities flagged by Amazon researchers, and negotiations between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are ongoing.

Trump administration moves to restore access to Anthropic’s Fable 5 model After 15 days offline due to government-ordered export controls, Anthropic's most powerful AI model may soon return to users The US government pulled one of the most capable AI models on the market offline, and left it there for over two weeks. Now, it is close to letting it come back. The Trump administration is nearing an agreement to restore access to Anthropic’s Fable 5 model, according to a source close to the situation who spoke with Axios. The model has been inaccessible for 15 days following export controls imposed by the government over national security concerns. How we got here Fable 5 and a companion model called Mythos 5 launched around June 9, 2026. Within days, the situation changed dramatically. Access was suspended on June 12, after researchers from Amazon, one of Anthropic’s major investors, flagged jailbreaking vulnerabilities in the new systems. The concern was not abstract. The government’s worry centered on potential exploits in high-stakes domains: cybersecurity, chemistry, and biology. That call came from the Commerce Department. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has been in direct negotiations with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over restoring access. Anthropic had to suspend access across the board to achieve compliance, not just cut off foreign users. On June 26, access to Mythos 5 was partially restored, but only for select trusted US organizations and government agencies. Fable 5, the more powerful of the two models, remains offline as of this writing, with negotiations for broader access still ongoing. Why this matters beyond AI circles Anthropic has a tokenized stock trading on platforms like PreStocks, which operates on Solana and offers pre-IPO exposure to the company. Investor sentiment around that instrument is, fairly or not, now entangled with the trajectory of these negotiations. The Amazon angle adds another layer of complexity. Amazon has made substantial investments in Anthropic and is a major distribution partner through AWS. It was Amazon researchers who surfaced the jailbreak concerns that triggered the government’s response. Disclosure: This article was edited by Editorial Team. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy https://cryptobriefing.com/editorial-policy/ .