Anthropic Takes Claude Fable 5 Offline After US Government Order
Original: Anthropic Says It’s Taking Claude Fable 5 Offline to Comply With US Government Order
Why This Matters
First government shutdown of commercial AI model highlights growing regulatory scrutiny
Anthropic disabled its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models Friday following a US government export control directive citing national security concerns. The government cited awareness of a jailbreaking method that could bypass the model's safeguards.
Anthropic received the government letter at 5:21 PM ET Friday, ordering suspension of access to foreign nationals including company employees. The company removed access for all customers to ensure compliance. Claude Fable 5, released Tuesday, was designed with safeguards preventing answers about cybersecurity, biology, and chemistry. The government demonstrated a jailbreak technique identifying minor vulnerabilities, though Anthropic argues other public models can discover the same flaws. This follows earlier tensions where Trump's DoD labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk, effectively barring government use of its technology after the company sought limits on military applications.