Anthropic said the US Commerce Department has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, potentially reopening wider access after the startup worked through the Trump administration's safety concerns. The restrictions, first imposed through a private Commerce letter on June 12, had required US approval before any foreign national could access the models, forcing Anthropic to disable them while it negotiated with officials.
Anthropic said Fable 5 access will begin returning globally on Wednesday across its own platforms, with usage through Amazon.com NASDAQ:AMZN, Microsoft NASDAQ:MSFT, and Alphabet NASDAQ:GOOG cloud services expected to follow as quickly as possible. The company is also redeploying Fable 5 with new classifiers aimed at blocking more cybersecurity tasks, while Mythos 5 access has already been restored for some US organizations tied to Project Glasswing.
The reversal could ease pressure across the AI sector after the restrictions raised questions over whether export controls may become a tool for regulating frontier model access. Anthropic, valued at $965 billion after its latest funding round and already filed confidentially for an IPO, said it plans to work with Washington on future protocols and standards that could possibly shape broader rules for the industry.