Anthropic sent its top technical minds to Washington over the weekend of June 14-15 to negotiate with Trump administration officials after the government ordered the company to cut off access to its most advanced AI models. The meetings follow an export control directive issued on June 13 that required Anthropic to deny foreign nationals access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5, the company’s latest releases.
Anthropic didn’t just restrict foreign access. It disabled the models for all customers worldwide on the same day, a compliance measure that effectively grounded two of the most capable AI systems on the market.
The team at the table
The Anthropic delegation isn’t composed of lobbyists or corporate communications staff. It’s security researcher Nicholas Carlini, risk evaluation lead Logan Graham, and safeguards head Dave Orr.
The meetings are the latest chapter in a conflict that has been building since February, when the Pentagon designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk. That designation came after the company refused to grant the military unrestricted access to its AI technologies.
