The White House Was Reportedly Ready to Go After Claude Mythos Long Before Fable 5 Was Released
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Key Points:
- Anthropic expanded its Project Glasswing by adding 150 new organizations to test its AI model Claude Mythos Preview, shortly before releasing Claude Fable 5.
- The Washington Post reports this expansion contributed to a conflict with a White House export control directive that led to Claude Fable 5 being taken offline.
- The directive was triggered after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly informed the White House that Amazon researchers had successfully jailbroken Fable to perform restricted cybersecurity tasks.
- Anthropic had disclosed to the Trump administration that about 50 organizations, including a South Korean telecom company with alleged ties to China, had access to the model, causing significant government concern.
- Anthropic revoked access to the contentious organization, but tensions remained high, and the Amazon findings ultimately prompted the White House to enforce the export control directive.
