The US Commerce Department has lifted the export controls it placed on Anthropic’s most advanced models, ending a roughly three-week freeze that had pulled the company’s Claude Fable 5 offline.
Reuters first reported the move on Tuesday, 30 June, citing a person familiar with the decision. Within hours, Anthropic confirmed it on the record in a newsroom post titled “Redeploying Claude Fable 5”.
The controls covered both Fable 5, the public-facing model, and Mythos 5, the more capable cybersecurity system it is built on. Both were cleared at once.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said an export licence would no longer be required. In exchange, Anthropic agreed to proactively detect and address security risks, help develop standards for future models, and report malicious activity to the government.
The restrictions had been imposed around 12 June, roughly two and a half weeks before they were reversed. That earlier order forced Anthropic to shut down both Fable 5 and Mythos 5 almost overnight.The 💜 of EU techThe latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!
