The Trump administration has lifted export restrictions on two of Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence models after the company worked with the Commerce Department on a national security review, according to statements released Tuesday.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced that the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) had withdrawn export controls that had previously applied to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5 models.
“Bureau of Industry and Security’s evaluation of the diversion risks now presented by Claude Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5, the controls in the June 12 letter are withdrawn,” Lutnick said in a post on X. “A license is no longer required for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer, including deemed export or deemed reexport, of the Mythos or Fable models.”
Anthropic confirmed it had received notice that the Commerce Department was lifting the restrictions.
“We’ve received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5,” the company said in a post on X. “We’ll begin restoring access tomorrow, and will share an update soon.”
The AI company thanked users for their patience during the restrictions and expressed appreciation to those involved in redeploying the models.
“We’re grateful to our users for their patience, and to everyone who worked with us on redeploying the models,” Anthropic said.
Lutnick said the decision followed close coordination between the federal government and Anthropic.
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“Over the past two weeks, we have worked closely with Anthropic to analyze and approve Fable 5 to ensure alignment across the U.S. Government and strengthen America’s leadership in AI,” the Commerce secretary wrote on X.
Anthropic is one of the leading artificial intelligence companies in the United States, and its Claude family of AI models competes with offerings from OpenAI, Google and other major developers.
The Commerce Department’s decision removes licensing requirements that had previously applied to exports, reexports and certain transfers of the affected AI models.
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It was not immediately clear what specific changes or additional assurances led federal officials to withdraw the restrictions after the earlier June 12 determination.
The Commerce Department and Anthropic did not immediately respond to FOX Business’ request for comment.
