Anthropic executives sat down with Commerce Department officials today, continuing high-level negotiations that have intensified since the government ordered the company to cut off foreign access to its most powerful AI models earlier this month.
The meeting comes just days after the Commerce Department issued an export control directive on June 12, requiring Anthropic to suspend access to its advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for all foreign nationals.
What happened and why it matters
The export control directive landed amid national security concerns and reports of jailbreak incidents involving Anthropic’s Mythos model.
Anthropic halted access globally in response to the directive. The company has pushed back, arguing that the restrictions may stem from misunderstandings of its technologies.
