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Claude Fable 5 government ban controversy

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The US government banned Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models on June 19, 2026, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers discovered a jailbreak bypassing Fable 5's guardrails. Anthropic and cybersecurity experts disputed the move, noting similar vulnerabilities exist in competing models.

  • US government forced Anthropic to pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on June 19, 2026 over national security concerns
  • Amazon researchers found a jailbreak method that bypassed Fable 5's guardrails, triggering the ban
  • Cybersecurity researchers signed an open letter opposing the ban as dangerous
  • Anthropic stated identical jailbreaks exist in other AI models, questioning the ban's rationale
  • The ban occurred only three days after Fable 5's initial release