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Partial clearance for Mythos 5
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick notifies Anthropic that it can restore limited access to Mythos 5 for a small group of trusted partners, specifically cyber defenders and infrastructure providers. Anthropic announces it is provisioning access to these approved entities.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 with government restrictions
OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 with restricted access requiring client-by-client government validation, mirroring the new era of regulated AI deployment. CEO Sam Altman expresses ambivalence about the process.
US government bans foreign access to Mythos 5 and Fable 5
Commerce Department orders Anthropic to bar foreign nationals from accessing its two cutting-edge models after vulnerabilities are found in safety guardrails. Anthropic disables global access in response.
Anthropic's Mythos 5, its 'strongest cybersecurity model,' will be redeployed to a small group of US cyber defenders and infrastructure providers after a two-week government ban. The move signals a new era of government-gated access to advanced AI for national security applications.
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