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Anthropic to restore global access to powerful AI models after U.S. lifts restrictions

From Daily Star · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Anthropic will restore global access to its powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, after U.S. government restrictions were lifted.
  • The U.S. Department of Commerce removed export controls on the models, citing national security concerns that have now been addressed.
  • Rival AI lab OpenAI also complied with U.S. requests to limit access to its new GPT-5.6 model.

AI company Anthropic announced it will resume global access to its advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, following the U.S. government's decision to lift export controls. The company confirmed on X that the Department of Commerce has removed restrictions, allowing access to be restored starting Wednesday.

We've received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5. We'll begin restoring access tomorrow.

— AnthropicAnnouncing the lifting of U.S. government restrictions on their AI models.

Earlier in June, U.S. authorities had blocked access to these powerful models, citing national security risks. Just four days prior to this announcement, Anthropic had received authorization to grant limited access to Mythos 5 to a select group of American cybersecurity firms. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick indicated in a letter that Anthropic had collaborated with the government to mitigate the risks associated with the models.

Anthropic has worked with the US government to address risks associated with the Covered Models.

— Howard LutnickSecretary of Commerce, explaining Anthropic's cooperation with the government.

The government's abrupt decision on June 12 forced Anthropic to cut off access after discovering vulnerabilities in the safeguards designed to prevent misuse. Similarly, competitor OpenAI has also adhered to U.S. directives, restricting the release of its new powerful model, GPT-5.6, to a limited number of approved partners. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed that the process was not "optimal."

This isn't quite the process that we think is optimal.

— Sam AltmanOpenAI CEO, commenting on the restricted release process for new AI models.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe had previously compared the capabilities of the most advanced AI models to nuclear weapons, implicitly supporting the administration's stringent approach to controlling the release of cutting-edge AI technology. During a speech, Ratcliffe noted discussions among national security and economic security advisors regarding the impact of these frontier AI models, suggesting their capabilities could be likened to "digital nuclear weapons."

It would be... not misplaced to refer to their capabilities as akin to digital nuclear weapons.

— John RatcliffeCIA Director, comparing advanced AI capabilities to nuclear weapons.
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Originally published by Daily Star in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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