U.S. President Donald Trump said on June 17 that negotiations with Anthropic over restoring access to the company's most advanced AI models were "going fine," his remark coming nearly a week after his administration ordered foreign access to the firm's flagship models cut off on national-security grounds.
June 17, 2026 · G7 Summit, Évian-les-Bains
Anthropic Pulls Its Two Newest AI Models Worldwide Under U.S. Export Order
To comply with a Trump administration export-control directive, Anthropic suspended all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 around June 13. As weeks of talks continue, Trump says negotiations are "going fine."
2
latest models suspended — Fable 5 & Mythos 5
All
users cut off — paid and free alike
30+
cybersecurity experts signed an open letter to ease the curbs
What is — and isn't — affected
Suspended
Fable 5
Safety-oriented model, just released for general use
Mythos 5
Higher-performance model specialized for cybersecurity
Still available
Older Anthropic models remain unaffected. The suspension is limited to the two newest releases.
The basis
An export-control directive bans access for foreign governments, companies and individuals — including foreign nationals residing in the U.S.
National-security concern: misuse of frontier models in cyberattacks
Anthropic says it had to cut all access to comply — calls it a "misunderstanding"
Push to restore access
30+ experts: Fable's built-in protections already block cyberattacks
Signers from Adobe, NVIDIA, Zoom and Johns Hopkins University
G7 allies warn of losing leading U.S. AI tools
Still unresolved
Models offline — no new use possible
Benchmark and availability details remain limited
Effects on code generation and research may surface
Where the talks stand
Anthropic suspends Fable 5 & Mythos 5 (~Jun 13)
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Weeks of talks; Amodei joins G7 tech leaders' meeting
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Trump: negotiations "going fine" — both sides seek a swift fix
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