Following an export control directive two weeks ago that forced Anthropic to disable access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 for all customers, the company scored a partial victory in a deal with the US government earlier tonight. Here are the details.
Anthropic makes progress with the US government
As reported by Semafor, the US government has partially lifted the export control directive issued against Anthropic last week.
The exact reasons that led to the directive remain unclear, but most reports indicate that the government grew concerned after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent about a purported jailbreak that left Anthropic’s models vulnerable to misuse. There were also reports that the White House had grown concerned about China’s access to Claude Mythos.
Whatever prompted the restriction, Anthropic and the US government spent the past two weeks working toward a resolution. Those talks yielded their first result tonight, with the government partially lifting the restrictions and allowing Anthropic “to release it to more than 100 US institutions, including major companies and government agencies”, according to Semafor.
