Anthropic's Fable 5 model is on track to come back online soon, with the Trump administration close to lifting the restrictions that took the model offline for 15 days over government security concerns, according to Axios sources. Insiders expect the limits could ease as soon as this week, though the Pentagon and NSA still have to sign off, leaving the outcome uncertain. Friday brought another sign of de-escalation as the Commerce Department let Anthropic restore Mythos 5, its strongest cybersecurity model, to a small set of vetted users, easing a four-month standoff. It's unclear whether Anthropic subscribers will regain the free Fable access they were promised or face new fees or identity checks, as both Anthropic and OpenAI press the administration to set a formal model-review process over the current case-by-case one.
