Commerce Department Threatened Anthropic With Criminal Charges Over AI Models

In the letter that led Anthropic to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models on Friday (June 12), Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ordered the company not to give foreign nationals anywhere in the world access to the models without a license from the Commerce Department , Bloomberg reported Tuesday (June 16). Lutnick also said in the letter that if Anthropic failed to comply with this demand, the company would face criminal and civil penalties, according to the