Commerce Dept. Reverses: Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic Fable 5 & Mythos 5

The U.S. Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Anthropic's two most advanced AI models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, weeks after abruptly ordering their suspension for all foreign nationals on national security grounds. Anthropic confirmed the reversal via a post on X and announced it would begin restoring access on July 2. The original suspension had required Anthropic to disable the models globally to ensure compliance. The Department of Commerce has not publicly detailed the basis for either the original restriction or its reversal. The episode exposed the administrative mechanics by which the U.S. government can unilaterally gate frontier AI access, then undo it with minimal public explanation.