Trump drops export restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models

Trump drops restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable models

The US lifted a license requirement for exporting Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models, widely seen as the most advanced AI released so far. Anthropic said public access resumes July 1. The models were added to the export control list on June 12, making compliance impractical at scale and forcing Anthropic to cut off all public access. Commerce Secretary Lutnick said Anthropic agreed to proactively detect security risks, work with the US government on release standards, and report malicious activity. Anthropic had already publicly pledged to do most of this months earlier, which is partly why security experts were skeptical of the restrictions.

Why it matters: Anthropic's flagship models had export controls imposed and lifted within 18 days, with concrete safety cooperation terms attached — a same-day must-write. Score stays below 90 because the post doesn't disclose specific capability changes for Mythos/Fable, and policy details r...