US Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5

Summary

The US Department of Commerce removed export controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, letting the company restore global access starting July 2, 2026. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick notified Anthropic that the models no longer require export licenses after the firm agreed to "proactively detect and address security risks" and to collaborate with the government on future model standards and security monitoring. This directly reverses the June restriction (tracked in our 2026