The US banned Anthropic’s Fable 5 release, but the numbers don’t seem to care

The US banned Anthropic’s Fable 5 release, but the numbers don’t seem to care
Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5’s guardrails.  Cybersecurity researchers have since signed an open letter calling the move dangerous, and Anthropic itself noted the same jailbreaks exist in other models. So is […]

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<p id="speakable-summary" class="has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph">Just as last week was ending, the US government <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/anthropics-safety-warnings-may-have-just-backfired-the-government-has-pulled-the-plug-on-its-most-powerful-ai/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models</a>, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5’s guardrails. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cybersecurity researchers have <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/15/cybersecurity-vets-protest-dangerous-us-government-ban-on-anthropics-most-powerful-models/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">since signed an open letter</a> calling the move dangerous, and Anthropic itself noted the same jailbreaks exist in other models. So is this a genuine security concern, or just the latest chapter in a messy relationship between Anthropic and the Trump administration? </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On this episode of TechCrunch’s<a href="https://techcrunch.com/podcasts/equity/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Equity</a> podcast, hosts Anthony Ha, Sean O’Kane, and Rebecca Bellan unpack what the ban means for developers building on Anthropic’s platform and for anyone watching the IPO, why it <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/16/anthropics-latest-feud-with-the-trump-admin-may-actually-help-it-sales-data-suggests/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">might accidentally be good for the company</a>, and more of the week’s headlines. </p>
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<li class="wp-block-list-item"><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/jeff-bezoss-prometheus-raises-12b-to-build-an-artificial-general-engineer-for-the-physical-world/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jeff Bezos’s $12B bet on physical AI</a> with Prometheus, the startup trying to build an “artificial engineer” </li>
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