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Lutnick Says Anthropic Has Mended Its Rift With the Trump Administration

September 2, 2026 at 21:28 EDT

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Anthropic has patched its relationship with the Trump administration, describing months of public conflict over security as closed and telling interviewers that Washington now trusts the AI developer.

Sept. 2, 2026 · U.S. Commerce

Washington says it trusts Anthropic again

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick declared a months-long security clash over, after export curbs, a Pentagon blacklist, and a federal court fight.

Models offline

Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 were pulled for 18 days after a roughly 90-minute compliance window.

18 days

1 block = 1 day

June 12–30, 2026. Commerce ordered a license before sharing the models with any foreign national. Anthropic disabled them globally, then restored Mythos for selected customers and Fable for the public after safeguards were accepted.

Jailbreak classifier

Anthropic said an improved safety classifier blocks the cited jailbreak in over 99% of cases.

99%+

Blocked

~1%

Remainder

Commerce's Center for AI Standards and Innovation called the safeguards extraordinarily strong. Column heights show share of cases, not a guarantee against every future bypass.

From clash to declared trust

1 · Feb 27

Federal ban and Pentagon supply-chain label after Claude-use talks collapsed

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2 · June 12–30

Export curbs force an 18-day outage; controls lifted on conditions

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3 · Aug 27

Judge vacates the blacklist as unlawful retaliation

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4 · Sept 1–2

Lutnick: we trust Anthropic; Brown takes the G20 stage

Restored standing

Lutnick says the firm has done what was asked and is trusted
Tom Brown introduced to G20 ministers in Chapel Hill
Fable restored publicly; Mythos restored for selected customers

Still unresolved

A second Pentagon designation remains in the D.C. Circuit
The Pentagon is not required to use Anthropic models
Commerce reserved the right to reimpose a license

Conditional lift

The June export-control withdrawal was a ceasefire, not a permanent rule.

Anthropic pledged to detect security risks, coordinate on future releases, and report malicious activity. Commerce said it can reevaluate and reimpose licensing if circumstances change or those commitments lapse. Prior Pentagon contract: $200 million.

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