Key facts
- The U.S. government has ordered Anthropic to suspend foreign national access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models.
- The directive cites national security concerns, with the government believing a method to bypass the models has been discovered.
- Anthropic stated that access to all other models will not be affected.
- The company believes there has been a misunderstanding and is working to restore access as soon as possible.
Anthropic announced on Friday that it has been directed by the U.S. government to halt access for all foreign nationals to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models, citing national security concerns. The AI company stated it received the export control directive on Friday, though specific details regarding the national security concern were not provided by the government.
According to Anthropic's statement, the government's concern appears to stem from the belief that a method to bypass or "jailbreak" Fable 5 has been identified. Consequently, Anthropic must disable both Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers to ensure compliance, though access to other Anthropic models remains unaffected.
The company expressed its belief that there has been a misunderstanding and is actively working towards restoring access to the restricted models as swiftly as possible.