At a glance: The US ban on advanced AI security tools demonstrates that technological sovereignty in AI development is now a key aspect of national security strategy.
The US government has instructed Anthropic to block foreign users from accessing the AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Federal Interior Minister Dobrindt warns that Germany’s technological lag in AI is becoming a security risk.
Following government order, the US company Anthropic blocked access to its newly released AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign users. The US government justified the measure on national security grounds. These models are specialized in identifying software vulnerabilities and security gaps.
Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) interprets the block as a signal of an ongoing AI arms race between superpowers. He warns that without its own capabilities to develop or access such technologies, Germany will quickly be excluded from shaping technological innovations – and thereby become a security risk for the country itself. Germany had no access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 to date, but according to the German federal government, held talks with Anthropic about possible access.
Dobrindt points to the danger that similar capabilities could soon be available to China. In his view, it is strategically preferable for Europe to build independent AI competencies in this area rather than relying on external partners. As part of these considerations, Dobrindt has established a joint center of the federal government and states to defend against hybrid threats.
The president of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), Claudia Plattner, had already warned in April, following the presentation of Claude Mythos Preview, about the risks. The BSI expects “upheaval in how security vulnerabilities are handled and in the vulnerability landscape” and sees in this questions of “national and European security and sovereignty”.
Source: www.it-daily.net · Published 16 June 2026
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