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US Government Restricts Export of Advanced Anthropic AI Models

The United States government announced export restrictions on advanced AI models on June 12. The directive targeted two latest-generation models from Anthropic, citing national security concerns.

On June 9, Anthropic released Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, two new models representing a major breakthrough in the company technical capabilities. These models significantly exceeded the performance of Claude Opus 4.8 in numerous benchmarks. However, on June 12, the United States government issued an urgent export-control directive citing national security concerns. The directive prohibited any foreign national from accessing these two models. Because Anthropic could not filter foreign nationals from domestic users in real time, the company was forced to disable both models globally.\n\nThis decision affected user access worldwide. The government stated that the measure was necessary to protect national security. The incident reflects the strategic position of AI technology in geopolitics. Export control measures may encourage other nations to accelerate independent AI research and development.

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