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US saw risk of Anthropic models being diverted to foreign military intelligence

By Karen Freifeld

Jun 16 2026 6:02AM

Reason behind directing Anthropic to cut off access.

US saw risk of Anthropic models being diverted to foreign military intelligence

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick took action ⁠against Anthropic's ⁠latest Mythos and Fable AI models after warning of the unacceptable risk they could be deployed by or diverted to military intelligence users in China, Russia or other countries of concern. Lutnick noted the risk ...

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