India, June 13 -- Just three days after launching Claude Fable 5, which it described as its most capable AI system yet, Anthropic has been forced to suspend access to the model after an intervention from the US government.

Earlier today, Anthropic said it received an export control directive from US authorities ordering it to block access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals, including non-US employees working at the company.

The order effectively left Anthropic with little choice but to disable the models globally for all its customers, highlighting how rapidly advancing AI systems are being viewed not merely as software products but as technologies with potential national security implications.

Even as it c...