Trump Admin releases Anthropic Mythos to be used by more than 100 US companies, agencies
Two weeks into the ban that caused Anthropic to pull its powerful cybersecurity-oriented models , Mythos 5 and Fable 5, from the market, the Trump administration is softening its stance.
Two weeks into the ban that caused Anthropic to pull its powerful cybersecurity-oriented models , Mythos 5 and Fable 5, from the market, the Trump administration is softening its stance.
The short version
- It is now allowing Anthropic to make Mythos 5 available to more than 100 specific U.S. government agencies and companies, including allowing non-American employees at those organizations to access the model, both Semafor and Reuters report.
- This list also includes Anthropic’s non-American employees, who were included in the original ban that forbade non-Americans from accessing the models.
- Apparently, the administration did not address the release of Fable 5 in this directive .
- This is a version of Mythos 5 that was widely released a couple of days before the ban because it was said to have more protections.
What happened
Both models were pulled after those guardrails were allegedly easily bypassed by security researchers. Anthropic did not immediately respond to our request for comment.
Why it matters
Anthropic on Friday publicly acknowledged the progress in a post on X , writing: “Since June 12, we’ve been working closely with the US government to restore access to Claude Mythos 5 and Fable 5.
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