Anthropic has responded after the Trump administration issued a directive banning foreign nationals from using some of its most powerful AI tools, saying it would comply with the order but that it disagreed with the reasoning behind it.
In a blog post late on Friday evening, the company said it had received a letter from the government at 5:21pm ET requiring it to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models over national security concerns.
The ban applies to foreign nationals both inside and outside the US and includes foreign national Anthropic employees, Anthropic said.
"The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance," it continued. "Access to all other Anthropic models will not be affected".
The company has apologised for the disruption to users and said it is working to restore access as soon as it can.
