Anthropic Pitches Deal to End AI Model Ban

Anthropic is negotiating with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to lift export controls on its powerful Mythos and Fable AI models, pledging closer cooperation with the Trump administration on security concerns. Cofounder Tom Brown and policy chief Sarah Heck are leading the talks, which sources say are progressing well despite no clear timeline for resolution. The ban followed warnings from Amazon and nearly half a dozen other companies that the models' safety guardrails could be bypassed. The White House expressed frustration that Anthropic downplayed the flaw as a narrow issue rather than acting swiftly to address it.