India, July 18 -- Users of Anthropic AI-chatbot Claude reported issues with Fable, flagship AI model. Users complained about receiving a "usage credits are required" error. They said Fable 5 vanished from Claude Code and selecting it would prompt the "usage credits are required" message.

Claude acknowledged the issue with Fable, which, according to its website, is "flagship Mythos-class AI model, designed for long-running, autonomous knowledge work and complex coding."

"We are aware of an issue preventing users from selecting Claude Fable 5 Claude AI, Claude Code, and other surfaces, and are working to resolve this issue," a message on the company's status page read.

At 2:48pm EDT, the status page contained another update which said th...