BREAKING
US Orders Anthropic to Cut Model Access
The Two Models Hit by the Order
Fable 5 / Mythos 5
Blocked
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Released around June 9, 2026
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Foreign nationals barred
Opus 4.8
Unaffected
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Other models keep running
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Not covered by order
Why Both Models Went Dark
1
Commerce Dept directive
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2
Ban all foreign nationals
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3
Filtering impractical
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4
Disabled for all users
First Ban Citing Jailbreak Risk
Anthropic Disputes the Order
Anthropic
Disputing
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Based on a misunderstanding
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Jailbreak works on GPT-5.5 too
Experts
Critical
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Takes tools from defenders
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Risks US AI leadership
A Tailwind for Chinese Open Source
AI NEWS BLITZ
The US has ordered Anthropic to block foreign access to its two newest AI models.