The US has ordered Anthropic to suspend exports of its Mythos and Fable AI models, citing fears they could be used by foreign military intelligence services. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ordered Anthropic to halt exports of its latest Mythos and Fable artificial intelligence models after officials concluded they could be used by military intelligence actors in China, Russia or other countries viewed as security concerns. The order was sent on Friday and directed the company to suspend exports of the models worldwide and to all foreign nationals regardless of location. Senior Anthropic technical staff met Commerce Department officials in Washington on Monday to try to work out a solution. Anthropic said it would disable access to the models globally after receiving Lutnick’s letter. The government informed the company that officials believed there was a way to bypass a safeguard meant to stop Fable 5 from being used to identify software vulnerabilities. Anthropic said the bypass exposed only "minor" security flaws. Relations between the Trump administration and Anthropic had already deteriorated earlier this year after the company declined to let the US military use its AI systems for domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons systems. The government then placed the company on a national security blacklist.