The White House has restricted the use of Anthropic's most advanced AI models due to concerns about potential Chinese access, according to a Reuters report. The Wall Street Journal separately reported that the Trump administration barred foreign governments, companies, and individuals from using the models, including Fable 5 and Mythos 5, with the order also applying to foreign nationals inside the U.S.
The White House has restricted the use of Anthropic's most advanced artificial intelligence models over concerns that they could be accessed by China, Reuters reported at 02:10 Jerusalem time — a new layer of justification not previously cited in the story thread. The report follows a sequence of escalating measures that began earlier on June 13.
At 06:31 Jerusalem on June 13, The Zioneer first reported a US order for Anthropic to block foreign access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models. By that same hour, subsequent thread versions revealed: the ban extended to foreign nationals inside the US; the order cited national security risks including cyber vulnerability and biological weapon development; Anthropic initially claimed the ban was technically unenforceable by citizenship and disabled the models globally; and the White House concern was initially reported as a China-linked group possibly gaining access. At 20:56 Jerusalem, another bulletin added that discussions between Amazon's CEO and US officials preceded the blocking.
As The Zioneer reported in a background article on June 13 at 10:01 Jerusalem, the suspension of Fable 5 and Mythos 5 highlights growing friction between rapid AI development and U.S. national security mandates.
What remains open: The Reuters report at 02:10 Jerusalem adds the explicit China-access concern but does not specify the exact scope of the restriction or identify which China-linked entity triggered it. The full details of the restriction remain unconfirmed beyond the two wire reports — the earlier Wall Street Journal account and this Reuters dispatch.
7 developments
- DevelopingUS government orders shutdown of Anthropic's Mythos AI model over national security
- DevelopingAmazon CEO talks with US officials led to blocking new Anthropic AI from general release, WSJ reports
- DevelopingGoogle sues Chinese cybercrime group for using AI to defraud Americans
- StrongPentagon designates major Chinese firms as having military ties
Source and signal
- Internal intake