# @AnthropicAI: US export controls suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access

Source: https://x.com/anthropicai/status/2065597531644743999?s=12

## Summary

The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive suspending all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. Anthropic says the order forces it to abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all its customers to ensure compliance, while access to all other Claude models is not affected. The company apologized for the disruption, said it believes the situation is a misunderstanding, and says it is working to restore access as soon as possible.

## Article

The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees.

The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance.

Access to all other Claude models is not affected.

We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible.

Read our full statement: https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access