Anthropic staff travel to Washington to lobby policymakers to lift a ban on Fable
Story Overview
Anthropic dispatched senior technical staff to Washington to press policymakers on export-control rules that triggered a worldwide shutdown of Fable 5 and Mythos 5, models blocked after the Commerce Department flagged national-security risks and the company found no workable way to restrict access only for foreign users.
What Forced the Worldwide Cutoff
The June directive left Anthropic with no selective compliance path, so both new Mythos-class models went dark for every customer rather than risk selective violations.
Moondream Watches from the Sidelines
Its CTO posted light envy about the trip but gave no sign of formal involvement or plans to join the meetings.
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@vikhyatk You can also fly to DC to get Fable unbanned
kinda jealous of the anthropic ppl flying to DC to get fable unbanned. wish i was in the arena like that
@vikhyatk We can get moondream banned too 🤷♂️
@vikhyatk flying to dc to argue about a video game on behalf of your employer is a specific kind of work life balance
ngl id want that on my resume tho
@vikhyatk If you were 10x more agentic you’d fly to DC to get moondream banned and then unbanned
@vikhyatk arena literally on White House lawn rn
@vikhyatk fable is such a good name, it fits the vibe of being banned for no reason
lowkey you could lobby from the couch and itd hit different