Claude's new Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models suspended by US government

Claude's new Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models were suspended by the US government, and Claude also announced a new partnership.

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The US government has ordered Claude's creators to stop access to their new Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models.

Mythos is Anthropic’s most capable AI model, one the company previewed in early April and has kept tightly restricted ever since because of what Anthropic described as its exceptional ability to find secu… Fable 5, released just three days ago, was Anthropic’s answer to the obvious commercial pressure: a version of Mythos fitted with guardrails that block responses in high-…

Fable 5, released just three days ago, was Anthropic’s answer to the obvious commercial pressure: a version of Mythos fitted with guardrails that block responses in high-risk areas like cybersecurity and biology, making it safe enoug…

Original reportingAnthropic's safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AIRead original ↗

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This suspension happened because the government found a way to get around the safety features of Fable 5.

In the weeks leading up to the launch of Fable, Anthropic worked with the US government, the UK AISI, multiple private third-party organizations and internal teams to red-team Fable’s safeguards for thousands of hours in total. We suspect that perfect jailbreak resistance is not currently possible for any model provider.

Every safeguard used in the industry is vulnerable to non-universal jailbreaks (which can elic…

Every safeguard used in the industry is vulnerable to non-universal jailbreaks (which can elicit some cyber information in specific circumstance…

Original reportingStatement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5Read original ↗

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Claude's creators are partnering with TCS to use Claude in areas like insurance, which will help improve customer service for over 22 million people.

Diligenta, TCS’s UK life and pensions business, will use Claude to improve the customer experience for the more than 22 million policyholders it serves. TCS’s banking and financial services product teams will use Claude Code to boost productivity around software engineering and IT operations.

TCS’s engineering teams will add reusable skills and plugins to the Claude Code ecosystem, starting with ones focused on…

TCS’s engineering teams will add reusable skills and plugins to the Claude Code ecosystem, starting with ones focused on claims adjudication and lending advisory.

Original reportingTCS and Anthropic partner to bring Claude to regulated industriesRead original ↗

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SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI’s hot IPO summer TechCrunch

FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX…

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It’s hot IPO summer, and the MANGOS are ripe

FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX…

Original reportingIt’s hot IPO summer, and the MANGOS are ripeRead original ↗

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Right-wing officials and data center investors are increasingly claiming that data center protests are being funded and influenced by the Chinese government. Local opposition to data centers in the US has skyrocketed in recent months.

A poll released last week from climate outlet Heatmap shows that more than half of Americans support a moratorium on data center development.

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