The United States lifts its restrictions on Anthropic’s most powerful AI models

In the letter, the Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, informs Anthropic that you no longer need a license for exports or transfers within the country of its artificial intelligence models Claude Mythos y Claude Fable, thus revoking an order issued on June 12.

“Anthropic has taken measures in close coordination with the United States government to face the risks associated with Claude Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5,” Lutnick wrote.

The move marks the latest chapter in Anthropic’s often rocky relationship with the federal government and is intended to mitigate the conflict between both parties, paving the way for the company to largely recover its usual activity. Citing national security concerns, the Commerce Department had initially ordered that Anthropic suspended the access of any person of foreign citizenship to its most recent artificial intelligence models.

That limitation raised questions about the degree of intervention the Trump administration could exert over the rapidly growing artificial intelligence industry. It could also have caused considerable problems for the technological development of Anthropic, which, along with OpenAI, is among the most influential AI companies in the world. Mythos and Fable, very effective for detect security flaws in software, They are considered a significant improvement over previous AI models.

The restrictions mark the second time the Trump administration has targeted Anthropic, whose headquarters are in San Francisco, California. In March, after tense talks about how Anthropic’s artificial intelligence could be used in war, The Pentagon called the company an unacceptable risk to its supply chainwhich could limit its use by federal agencies. Following this assessment, Anthropic sued the federal government.

Lutnick lifted export controls after weeks of deliberations between the Commerce Department and the company over safeguards built into artificial intelligence models. Last week the Secretary of Commerce announced a partial agreement with Anthropic to reset access to its Mythos model for some clients.

In Tuesday’s letter, Lutnick notes that Anthropic agreed to take certain steps that include proactively detecting and addressing security risks to its AI models, work in collaboration with the US government on protocols and standards for these and future models, and report any malicious activity to the government.

Lutnick added that the Commerce Department “reserves the right to reconsider the decisions made in this letter” if Anthropic does not meet its commitments or if circumstances change.

Through a statement published on social networks, Anthropic announced that it would begin restore access to its AI models this Wednesday.

“We thank our users for their patience and all those who collaborated with us in the redistribution of the models,” the company stated there.

Some time ago, President Trump had adopted a non-interference stance regarding the artificial intelligence industry, arguing that it It had to grow unhindered for the United States to compete with China. However, in what represents his most significant step towards regulating this technology, this month he signed an executive order that asked technology companies voluntarily allow the government to oversee new AI models before releasing them to the public.

Since then, the Trump administration proceeded to regulate other artificial intelligence companies of Silicon Valley, in addition to Anthropic.

Introducing an AI technology called GPT-5.6 Sol this month OpenAI announced that it was only going to share it with those companies approved by the administration. Last week, Meta — the only major American AI development corporation that has not reached an agreement to voluntarily allow the federal government to review its models — was pressured by the administration to start sending it its models.

(The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement on informative content related to AI systems. Both companies denied such allegations.)

According to two people familiar with the discussions, Trump officials are still working on a framework for how companies should formally submit new AI models for review and what standards they should adhere to.

In a message posted on social media on Tuesday, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles expressed her “gratitude to the companies from various industry sectors that continue to collaborate closely with the White House.” to implement Trump’s executive order on artificial intelligence.

“Our shared priority remains implement the best technology as quickly and safely as possible”, he communicated.