US Government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5

AnnouncementsStatement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5Jun 12, 2026The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance. Access to all other Anthropic models will not be affected.We received the directive from the government today at 5:21pm (ET). The letter did not provide specific details of its national security concern.

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