US Commerce Dept orders Anthropic to restrict AI model exports; Fable 5 public access restored

Published Jul 23, 08:00 AM UTC

In June 2026, the U.S. Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to cease providing its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models to foreign persons without a license, leading the company to shut down global public access for 18 days. Public access to Fable 5 was restored on June 30. The article argues that the United States lacks a trusted, standardized process for evaluating the security risks of frontier AI models and implementing proportionate remedies, highlighting the need for a middle ground between inaction and total shutdown.