Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company known for its chatbot named Claude, announced that it has blocked access to the new generation models “Fable 5” and “Mythos 5” in accordance with instructions from US government institutions.
Although the specific reasons for the restriction were not explained in detail, the statement made direct reference to “national security threats.” With the sudden entry into force of the decision, Anthropic had to block access to the system of foreign software developers and engineers working in its own organization.
Behind this drastic step by the government is the extraordinary capabilities of the company's artificial intelligence technology called “Myth”. This software has a very high success rate in detecting vulnerabilities in computer systems that have gone unnoticed for years.
Although U.S. agencies and some select defense contractors are using this technology to strengthen their systems, Washington fears that this power could fall into the hands of rival countries or cyber hackers and become a dangerous cyber weapon.
The company is appealing the decision
The “Fable 5” model released this week and made available to the masses was a version based on Mythos technology but with limited cybersecurity and biotech features.
The full version of the technology, “Mythos 5,” was not publicly available and was only used by government institutions and approved business partners. Anthropic officials said that the security measures in the Fable 5 model have been extensively tested and that, on this basis, they do not believe it is appropriate to block a software with hundreds of millions of users.
When company experts reviewed the report on which the government's decision was based, they found that it only concerned the ability of artificial intelligence to examine and fix errors in certain program codes. Anthropic emphasized that competing models such as GPT-5.5 developed by OpenAI also have similar code analysis capabilities, noting that the decision leads to unfair competition.
Danger of loss of control with artificial intelligence
This latest crisis has once again called into question the place of artificial intelligence in the global balance of power. Interestingly, in early June, Anthropic reached out to the global artificial intelligence giants and proposed temporarily halting development processes to prevent the technology from slipping out of human control.
The company argued that artificial intelligence is advancing very quickly and that humanity should have the ability to slow down this process if necessary. However, the state intervention immediately following this philosophical warning shows that the race for artificial intelligence is now under the direct control of states.
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