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Lutnick Says Anthropic Has Repaired Ties With Trump Administration After Security Standoff

September 2, 2026 at 21:31 EDT

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Anthropic has repaired its relationship with the Trump administration, marking a public reset after months of conflict over national-security safeguards, Pentagon use of Claude, and export controls on the company's most advanced models.

September 2, 2026 · U.S. Department of Commerce

Washington says it trusts Anthropic again

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick declared the Claude maker back on the right side after months of friction over military use limits and a worldwide freeze of Fable 5 and Mythos 5.

Magnitude · days models were dark

18-day global blackout

days offline

Each block is one day Fable 5 and Mythos 5 were unavailable worldwide after the June 12 export-control order. Access began returning on July 1, once Commerce withdrew the license requirement.

$200M

July 2025 Pentagon contract, up to this amount

90 min

Time given to pull frontier models on June 12

99%+

New classifier blocks the flagged jailbreak

Aug. 27

Judge vacates the supply-chain risk label

How the standoff unfolded

Feb clash

Federal freeze and Pentagon blacklist

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June freeze

Export controls take Fable and Mythos dark

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Controls lifted

June 30 deal restores the models

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Trust declared

Court win, then Lutnick's public reset

Working standing restored

Lutnick says the government trusts Anthropic. Models are back online, and Tom Brown appeared on the G20 ministerial stage.

The truce is still conditional

Two military red lines remain. Commerce can reimpose a license, and a separate Pentagon case is still pending in the D.C. Circuit.

Lutnick's terms

They have done what we asked. They are back on the right side.

Detect risks
Proactively find and address model security issues

Coordinate releases
Work with the government on current and future models

Report misuse
Inform officials of malicious activity involving the models

Reimpose option
Commerce may restore a license if circumstances change

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