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Anthropic's 3k employees have one question after US 'banned' its most powerful AI models
Published 21 June 2026 ยท us
Anthropic's 3,000 employees are still confused nearly a week after the White House gave the company under 90 minutes to pull its most powerful AI
Anthropic's 3,000 employees are still confused nearly a week after the White House gave the company under 90 minutes to pull its most powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, over vague national security concerns. As The New York Times reported from internal chats, staff suspect they're being targeted rather than reviewed. Triggered by an Amazon paper, the shutdown has left engineers asking whether the Trump administration simply doesn't want Anthropic to exist.
Published: June 21, 2026 โข 8:50 AM IST ยท Updated: June 21, 2026 โข 9:32 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Anthropic's 3,000 employees are still confused nearly a week after the White House gave the company under 90 minutes to pull its most powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, over vague national security concerns.
As The New York Times reported from internal chats, staff suspect they're being targeted rather than reviewed.
Triggered by an Amazon paper, the shutdown has left engineers asking whether the Trump administration simply doesn't want Anthropic to exist.