{"id":660683,"date":"2026-06-27T07:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T07:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/660683\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T07:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T07:01:21","slug":"us-government-allows-anthropic-limited-release-of-ai-model-that-sparked-cybersecurity-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/660683\/","title":{"rendered":"US government allows Anthropic limited release of AI model that sparked cybersecurity concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvjtmtl003128nnh8w9669r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its powerful Mythos AI model to select companies and organizations, revising license requirements after ordering an export block earlier this month in the wake of national security fears.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvlsb89000u356rx6zgjz02@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Since the export ban earlier in June, \u201cAnthropic has worked with the US government to address risks associated with the Covered Models,\u201d Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wrote to the company in a letter dated Friday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvlt7wq000w356rlaz9zht7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In light of progress in that work, Lutnick wrote, \u201cI have determined that appropriate safeguards are in place to permit certain trusted partners to access the Claude Mythos 5 Model.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvjzf9o0005356ry18s4f1q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The letter does not include permission for Anthropic to release Fable, a less powerful version of Mythos.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvm6vws000z356rpmy863ne@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe received notice from the US government that Mythos 5, our strongest cybersecurity model, can be redeployed to a small group of cyber defenders and infrastructure providers,\u201d Anthropic said in a statement.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvm7e1l0012356rveyiugif@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe are working to provision the approved set of providers and restore their access to Mythos 5 as quickly as possible. We are pleased to see this progress and continue to work with the government to expand access to Mythos 5 and make Fable 5 available for general use again,\u201d the statement added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvopzke0001356rhntqu7gm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Conversations between Anthropic and the government are expected to continue into the weekend, with an eye to restoring access to Fable, as well, a source familiar with the discussions told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvjztdw0008356rp76lz6w3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/13\/business\/anthropic-mythos-model-national-security\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthropic disabled customer access<\/a> to both Mythos and Fable to comply with the US government\u2019s order to suspend all use by foreign nationals \u2014 including Anthropic employees themselves.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvk103v000a356rt9m3rx96@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The export ban and subsequent negotiations with Anthropic underscored the lack of a consistent regulatory framework around AI, even as the technology advances rapidly and the US tries to stay ahead of global competitors like China.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvk30ed000c356rppxb9t04@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/06\/27\/2026\/us-releases-powerful-anthropic-model-mythos-to-some-us-companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Semafor<\/a> first reported the government\u2019s permission to release Mythos.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvk4djb000e356ravg5pzfd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Until recently, the Trump administration has taken a largely hands-off approach to regulating artificial intelligence, seeking to keep US companies ahead of Chinese competitors in particular.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvk73mp0000356rkdacdm40@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But the recent action on Anthropic, as well as asking OpenAI to limit its own newest model, comes after experts have fretted for months that Mythos could pose a security risk by giving hackers and other bad actors access to AI capable of finding and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/03\/tech\/anthropic-mythos-ai-cybersecurity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exploiting vulnerabilities exceptionally quickly.<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvkb54s0006356rn5rj1uz2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The federal government\u2019s relationship with Anthropic, one of the major US AI companies, has hit other snags, as well. Earlier this year, the administration labeled it a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/27\/tech\/anthropic-pentagon-deadline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201csupply chain risk,\u201d<\/a> effectively blacklisting it, over a disagreement about military uses for Anthropic\u2019s products.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqvkccjh0008356renyndxeo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/26\/business\/anthropic-pentagon-injunction-supply-chain-risk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthropic sued over that designation<\/a> and has notched at least one early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/26\/business\/anthropic-pentagon-injunction-supply-chain-risk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">win<\/a> in the ongoing case.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its powerful Mythos AI model to select companies and organizations,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-660683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}