Digital Affairs ministry condemns US curbs on Fable and Mythos

Lazia, 13 June 2026 — The Ministry of Digital Affairs has condemned the decision of the United States government to restrict foreign access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models.

The ministry called the move "disproportionate, destabilising, and hostile to the open development of digital civilisation".

The restriction, reportedly made on national-security grounds, followed concerns that the models' safeguards could be bypassed and that their advanced capabilities could be used to identify software vulnerabilities.

In a statement, the ministry said those concerns should be met through transparent safeguards, accountable oversight and international coordination, rather than by abruptly cutting off access for users outside the United States.

"Fable and Mythos are not ordinary consumer products," the ministry said. "They are part of the emerging infrastructure of knowledge work, research, software development, and cultural production. Restricting them through broad nationality-based controls risks turning digital progress into a geopolitical rationing system."

Officials said Mahuset recognised the seriousness of cyber-security risks, but described the American response as "platform panic dressed up as strategic prudence".

The ministry also criticised the apparent effect on allied and friendly foreign users, saying a policy that treats non-American researchers, developers and institutions as presumptive risks would weaken trust in technology providers based in the United States.

It called on the United States to clarify the basis of the restrictions and to work with allies on less disruptive forms of governance for the security of artificial intelligence.

"Digital civilisation cannot be built by locking every interesting thing behind a panic button," the statement concluded.