Jun 15, 2026 – 4.00pmThe founder of one of Australia’s biggest private technology companies has compared the US government’s block on access to Anthropic’s most powerful artificial intelligence models to Iran’s oil blockade, as Labor MP Ed Husic warned the move had exposed the country’s over reliance on technology it didn’t control.An unprecedented export control directive by the Trump administration over the weekend suspended access to Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models to any foreign nationals, even those within the United States.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles