Since Friday, June 13, 2026, Anthropic’s most capable AI models have been unavailable to the public. The trigger is a directive from the Trump administration: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick instructed the company in a letter to restrict access to its Mythos model and its consumer version, Fable 5, to U.S. citizens. The step is justified on national security grounds. The order affects all non-Americans — including Anthropic’s own foreign-national employees, who would no longer be permitted to