The U.S. government has ordered Anthropic, big AI player, to block foreign nationals from accessing its newest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Commerce Department issued directive, citing national security fears. Never before has such a specific tech been targeted .
Order took effect Friday evening,5:21 PM Eastern. Anthropic must cut off these systems for all,even its own foreign-born workers. Company said,“We must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance.” Other models still available .
Fable 5 and Mythos 5,released just days before on Tuesday, were billed as company's most potent models yet. Both share similar tech underpinnings,but only Fable 5 was public,with tight safety protocols. Mythos 5 stayed with trusted partners. Anthropic had warned that Fable 5 “could be misused to cause serious damage” without safeguards, limiting talk on sensitive cybersecurity, biology, and chemistry topics.
