The White House imposed last-minute restrictions on Friday blocking non-U.S. citizens’ access to Anthropic’s new Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models. This stands in direct contradiction to Trump’s executive order issued two weeks ago, which had promised lighter regulatory access for AI development.
The White House issued export company guidelines on Friday against Anthropic’s latest AI models Fable and Mythos. According to two administration officials, the trigger was an escalation following concerns from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy that users could circumvent the model’s safety measures. Anthropic subsequently had to deactivate the products with virtually no advance notice.
Trump’s promise of a lightweight regulatory approach for AI is already crumbling after two weeks, as the administration suddenly imposes export controls on Anthropic that could jeopardize global competition with China.
Source: www.politico.com · Published June 16, 2026
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