The Trump administration is nearing an agreement to restore access to Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model, which has been offline for 15 days. The suspension began on June 12, following export controls imposed over national security concerns.
The Commerce Department ordered the shutdown after Amazon researchers, who are major Anthropic investors, flagged critical jailbreaking vulnerabilities. The government's primary worry centered on potential exploits in cybersecurity, chemistry, and biology.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has been in direct negotiations with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. To comply, Anthropic had to suspend access globally, not just for foreign users.
Access to a less powerful companion model, Mythos 5, was partially restored on June 26 for select trusted U.S. organizations and agencies. However, negotiations for broader access to Fable 5 continue.
The situation impacts Anthropic's tokenized stock, which trades on pre-IPO platforms, linking investor sentiment directly to these regulatory negotiations.