US Government Export-Control Directive Suspends Fable 5/Mythos 5 Access
5 videos · score: 7,963 · first seen Jun 13, 2026
The US government issues an export-control directive suspending all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for foreign nationals, including foreign-national Anthropic employees, citing national security concerns. Videos break the news, track the days-long outage for affected users, and question whether the ban will ever be lifted.
BREAKING: Fable and Mythos have been taken down for security concerns.
The U.S. government's export control directive caused Anthropic to immediately disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers, frustrating the creator who warns it sets a dangerous precedent and caused financial loss.
Is it ever coming back?
The speaker expresses frustration over the sudden removal of the Fable AI model by Anthropic, which was banned by the government after only three days of availability, with broken promises of a quick return. They discuss the broader implications for AI development, including potential delays for GPT-5/6, lawsuits, and a shift toward open-weight models to avoid government restrictions. The transcript also includes a sponsored segment promoting WorkOS's new AuthMD standard for agent authentication.
Day 5 of no Fable access...
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FABLE AND MYTHOS JUST GOT BANNED
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BREAKING NEWS: Fable & Mythos REMOVED Over National Security Concerns
The creator criticizes the U.S. government's newly announced export-control directive that blocks foreign nationals, including Anthropic employees, from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5, calling the national-security justification absurd.