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June 17, 2026

US government orders Anthropic to shut down frontier models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 via export controls

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

X-Risk Daily

Wednesday 17 June 2026

Transformative AI
US government orders Anthropic to shut down frontier models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 via export controls
On 12 June 2026, the US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to cut off foreign access to its most capable models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, using export-control authority.

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