Anthropic released a special version of its Mythos AI model — called Fable 5 — earlier this week, making some of the advanced capabilities of its tightly controlled Mythos system available to a wider audience. Days later, the US government ordered the AI company to suspend access to both Fable 5 and Mythos 5 in countries other than US, citing national security concerns.

The U.S. government ordered Anthropic to pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5 over national security concerns just days after its CEO called for exactly this kind of oversight.

Anthropic said it received a government directive banning all foreign nationals, even those working at Anthropic, from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5 over national security…