After weeks of tense negotiations with the Trump administration, Anthropic has finally received permission to bring its consumer-facing AI model, Claude Fable 5, back online. The company announced on X that it will begin restoring access tomorrow, following the Department of Commerce's decision to lift export controls on both Fable 5 and its more powerful sibling, Mythos 5.

"We've received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5," Anthropic posted. "We'll begin restoring access tomorrow, and will share an update soon." The company expressed gratitude for users' patience and to those who helped redeploy the models.

The saga began in early June when Anthropic sidelined Fable 5 after a Friday evening ultimatum from the Trump administration. Citing concerns over potential jailbreaks, the government imposed an export control directive that barred foreign nationals - including non-US members of enterprise client companies and many of Anthropic's own employees - from using either Mythos 5 or Fable 5. This effectively killed the hype around both models that Anthropic had spent the previous week building.

The Trump administration had already greenlit Mythos 5's return, but only for a pre-approved list of organizations, with non-US members and Anthropic's foreign national employees now allowed access. Notably, this decision came shortly after OpenAI unveiled GPT-5.6, which was subjected to similar restrictions: a staggered rollout limited initially to pre-approved organizations and government departments.

The timing of the initial export controls was particularly awkward for Anthropic, which is preparing for an IPO and has been locked in a months-long feud with the government over a supply chain risk designation. But hey, at least the models are back - sort of.