Published June 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
TechCrunch
Jun 20, 2026, 6:00 AM
The US banned Anthropic’s Fable 5 release, but the numbers don’t seem to care

Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5’s guardrails. Cybersecurity researchers have since signed an open letter calling the move dangerous, and Anthropic itself noted the…
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