The Mythos/Fable Blockade: How US AI Exceptionalism Builds Its Own Rivals
This is an opinion piece. My read on the news, not reporting. Disagree freely. Last Friday (June 12, 2026), the Trump administration forced Anthropic to pull Mythos 5 and Fable 5 — three days after launch. The official reason: a “national security” risk over a minor jailbreak. The real reason looks simpler: if we can’t control who uses it, nobody gets it. I think that’s a mistake. Here’s why....