The U.S. Commerce Department lifted export and in-country transfer restrictions that had forced Anthropic to disable its top models, clearing the way for Claude Mythos and Claude Fable to be restored. The reversal undoes an order first issued on June 12 and follows weeks of talks between Anthropic and the administration; Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the decision came after Anthropic agreed to "proactively detect and address security risks." Anthropic says Mythos has already been re-released to a small group of approved users, and the company planned to restore Fable on July 1. The company and the Commerce Department implemented a new safeguard that Anthropic says blocks the jailbreak that worried officials in 99 percent of cases, and the department’s AI standards center tested the model’s old and new protections. News outlets reported the move as de-escalating a feud between Anthropic and the Trump administration and as permitting Anthropic to resume broader global distribution and commercial activity for its highest-capability models.
