Hajra Naz
Senior technical staff from Anthropic will meet Commerce Department officials in Washington on Monday after the Trump administration directed the company to block foreign nationals from accessing its most advanced AI systems, citing national security concerns.
The order, issued last Friday, restricts access for all non-US citizens, including those living in the United States and abroad. It specifically targets Anthropic’s latest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Following the directive, Anthropic disabled access to both models worldwide to stay compliant, according to a company blog update.
US officials have raised concerns about possible ways these models could be bypassed or “jailbroken” to expose software vulnerabilities, undermining built-in safety protections.
Anthropic disputes that assessment. The company says the reported jailbreak would only reveal limited security flaws, similar to findings already possible with other publicly available AI tools. It also argues that removing a widely deployed commercial model over a narrow issue is not justified, calling the situation a misunderstanding.
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The dispute has quickly drawn attention across the tech sector. More than 80 cybersecurity leaders and experts signed an open letter sent Sunday to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, urging a reversal of the restrictions. Signatories include executives from Nvidia and Adobe, reflecting notable industry support for Anthropic’s position.
Tensions between Anthropic and the Trump administration have surfaced before. In February, disagreement emerged after Anthropic refused requests to allow US military use of its systems for domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons programs.
Following that standoff, the government placed Anthropic on a national security watchlist, a designation the company has challenged in court.
