Anthropic announced on Friday that it has received authorization from the U.S. government to allow a small group of U.S. cybersecurity companies access to its powerful artificial intelligence model, Mythos 5.
U.S. authorities blocked access to Myth 5 due to concerns about national security.
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A spokesperson for Anthropic said the company’s relationship with the Trump administration has been strained for months and that the company will continue discussions with the government “to expand access to Myth 5 and make Fable 5 available to the public again.”
On June 12, the government suddenly forced Anthropic to cut off access to two of its cutting-edge artificial intelligence models after discovering flaws in safeguards to prevent misuse of the tool.
The strong action against Anthropic has led to accusations that the government has overstepped its authority.
In earlier clash with White House, humanity outraged President Donald Trump’s The team’s refusal to allow its technology to be used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons led the Pentagon to cancel its contract with the company.
Earlier on Friday, Anthropic’s main rival OpenAI launched its new model, GPT-5.6, which has limited access and is being verified by the government on a customer-by-customer basis.
Under pressure from the novelty of its capabilities, Trump earlier this month signed an executive order mandating a voluntary federal review of advanced AI models for national security risks before they are released.
this White House There has been little communication from the company about how it will enforce its executive order (companies are said to be participating voluntarily) and which models will be affected by its review rules.
