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June 16, 2026

Trump administration imposes export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 model after public release

Also: Former UK AI Safety Institute researchers launch Sequent, aiming for $100-150M to pursue differentiated alignment research‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Tuesday 16 June 2026

Transformative AI
Trump administration imposes export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 model after public release
On 15 June 2026, the Trump administration imposed export controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models through a letter from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, barring access by foreign nationals both inside and outside the United States.

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