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US Lifts Export Controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5

The US Commerce Department lifted its export controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on June 30, reversing a June 12 order that had barred foreign access to the two models over a jailbreak claim.

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SpaceX's AI Compute Deals With Anthropic, Google, and Reflection Top $76 Billion

SpaceX has signed compute-rental deals with Anthropic, Google, and Reflection worth more than $76 billion through 2029, becoming the AI compute landlord to the very rivals it competes with.

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Asian AI Startups Launch Mythos-Like Models as Anthropic's Export Ban Drags On

With Anthropic's Mythos barred from foreign markets by a U.S. export order, China's Qihoo 360 unveiled Tulongfeng and Tokyo's Sakana AI launched Fugu — frontier models pitched as local alternatives free of export-control risk.

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Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of 28.8 Million Queries to Clone Claude

In a June 10 letter to senators, Anthropic accused operators tied to Alibaba of running 28.8 million queries across roughly 25,000 fake accounts to copy Claude's capabilities — the largest distillation campaign it says it has ever measured.

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Anthropic's Claude Mythos Finds Over 10,000 Vulnerabilities in Project Glasswing

Anthropic says its unreleased Claude Mythos model found more than 10,000 high-severity vulnerabilities across partner codebases in Project Glasswing, including a 17-year-old FreeBSD flaw it exploited autonomously. The program is expanding to about 150 organizations in 15-plus countries.

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U.S. Clears Anthropic's Mythos 5 for Use by Trusted Partners

The U.S. cleared Anthropic's Mythos 5 model for use by certain trusted partners, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said — de-escalating a clash that had forced Anthropic to disable the model less than two weeks earlier.

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Anthropic Launches $150M Claude Corps to Place 1,000 Fellows at Nonprofits

Anthropic is investing $150 million in Claude Corps, a paid yearlong fellowship that will place 1,000 early-career fellows at 400+ nonprofits to implement AI — at $85,000 a year, with applications closing July 17.

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Anthropic Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Claude Max Subscription Limits

A Claude customer filed a proposed class action accusing Anthropic of overselling its Max 5x and Max 20x subscriptions, alleging the $100 and $200 plans deliver far less usage than advertised. Anthropic declined to comment.

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Anthropic Pauses Claude Agent SDK Billing Change Set to Take Effect June 15

Anthropic has paused the June 15 billing change that would have moved Claude Agent SDK and claude -p usage off subscription plans into a separate metered credit, telling subscribers "we're not making this change today" after developer backlash.

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Amazon CEO Reportedly Flagged Anthropic's Fable 5 to US Officials Before Model Ban

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly told Treasury officials that Amazon researchers used Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 to gather cyberattack information — days before the government banned the model. Amazon is one of Anthropic's largest investors.

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Anthropic Disables Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 After US Export-Control Order

Anthropic disabled its most advanced models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for all customers on June 12 to comply with a US Commerce Department order restricting foreign access. Anthropic calls it a misunderstanding and is working to restore access.

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Anthropic Launches Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 at $10 and $50 per Million Tokens

Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5 and the restricted-access Claude Mythos 5 on June 9, pricing the API at $10 per million input and $50 per million output tokens and claiming state-of-the-art results across coding, finance, and biology work.