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The US Commerce Department banned Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on June 12th via export-control directive, shutting access globally for approximately two weeks before lifting restrictions.
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At 4:06 · chapter starts 2:45
Kevin introduces himself and Casey and teases the three segments ahead: the Trump administration's AI model restrictions, pediatrician Dr. Dana Suskind's parenting book, and a new prediction markets roundup. Before diving in, the hosts make their disclosures — Kevin notes The New York Times has relationships with OpenAI, Microsoft, and Perplexity, while Casey reveals, with audible sheepishness, that his fiancée works for Anthropic, the company at the center of the Fable ban story.
The Trump administration's Commerce Department banned Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models worldwide after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy flagged a jailbreak vulnerability. The ban, which Anthropic had no way to comply with granularly, forced the company to pull the models entirely — halting Project Glasswing, Anthropic's initiative to harden US critical infrastructure cybersecurity.
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