Anthropic AI Models Suspended: Trump Administration Orders Ban on Foreign Access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Over National Security Concerns
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 14 June 2026
- Priority Score
- 5
- Australian
- Yes
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- 13 June 2026, 10:00 pm
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The Trump administration has directed the company to limit access to foreign nationals on national security grounds.
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This significant executive action mandates the suspension of access to Anthropic's frontier Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all foreign nationals to prevent high-level AI capabilities from being leveraged by adversarial interests. The order highlights an escalation in the securitisation of artificial intelligence, treating advanced models as critical dual-use technology essential to national defense. Such drastic measures signal a shift toward restrictive global governance frameworks aimed at mitigating the proliferation of models that could pose catastrophic risks to cybersecurity or biosecurity. This development has immediate implications for Australian research and industry, as it demonstrates the extraterritorial reach of US AI policy regarding high-capability compute and software.
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WorldNorth AmericaAIPrint articleMaggie Eastland and Hadriana LowenkronJun 14, 2026 – 7.28amWashington | Anthropic has suspended its state of the art AI models after an unprecedented order by the Trump administration to keep the technology out of the hands of all foreign nationals, citing national security concerns.The US government told Anthropic to suspend access to the Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models by any foreign national “whether inside or outside the United States,” citing national security concerns, the company said in a statement.Loading...BloombergSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIAnthropicTrump's White HouseAmazon effectGoogleNvidiaOpenAISpaceXEUFetching latest articles