The White House has lifted restrictions on the export of Anthropic's Claude AI models
The U.S. government has lifted export restrictions on Anthropic’s leading artificial intelligence models, putting an end to a long-standing standoff between the developer of Claude and the Donald Trump administration.
According to people familiar with the matter, on Tuesday evening, the U.S. Department of Commerce notified Anthropic that the ban on foreign access to the Mythos and Fable models had been lifted. This decision allows the company to once again release its latest model, Fable 5, to the general public.
Last week, the government allowed Anthropic to re-release Mythos 5—a model with fewer safeguards designed for corporate clients—to about 100 pre-vetted partners.
In a letter to Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown, which the FT reviewed, Commerce Minister Howard Lutnick noted that he was lifting the ban after Anthropic "agreed to actively identify and mitigate security risks associated with these models."
A person close to Anthropic noted that the company “has implemented a new safeguard” that specifically addresses the issues that led to the ban. This mechanism was tested and approved by the government’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation.
Lutnik imposed export restrictions on Anthropic on June 12 after the government discovered a “jailbreak”—that is, a way to bypass the model’s built-in security measures. This forced Anthropic to withdraw its powerful models for all users worldwide.
This incident heightened tensions between the White House and Silicon Valley, which had criticized the government’s ad hoc approach to regulating cutting-edge AI technologies. It also drew a negative reaction from foreign governments, which accused the U.S. of punishing its allies by imposing a ban.
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