Anthropic Meeting With Trump Admin As Claude Mythos Tensions Reach Fever Pitch

BreakingBusinessBreaking NewsAnthropic Meeting With Trump Admin As Claude Mythos Tensions Reach Fever PitchByZachary Folk,Forbes Staff. I cover breaking news.Follow AuthorJun 15, 2026, 02:26pm EDTToplineAnthropic executives are meeting with the Trump administration on Monday, according to multiple reports, just days after an order forced the company to disable its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for public use—the latest escalation in the conflict between the U.S. government and the AI giant reportedly planning an IPO later this year.Days earlier, the Trump administration ordered Anthropic to ban foreign nationals from using its Claude Mythos models.NurPhoto via Getty ImagesKey FactsExecutives at Anthropic are planning to meet with members of the Commerce Department on Monday, multiple outlets reported, although the proceedings are reportedly confidential and it is unclear which Anthropic staffers will take part in the discussions.The meeting comes only three days after the Trump administration issued a directive ordering Anthropic to ban foreign nationals—including foreign nationals who work for the company—from accessing its newest Claude models.Claude Fable 5, the first publicly available version of the company’s purportedly powerful and possibly dangerous Mythos model, was only released last Tuesday.The company said the export control directive forced it to pull access to Fable 5 for all customers, both inside and outside the U.S.Members of Anthropic’s technical staff have been continuously meeting with Trump administration officials since the export control on Friday, Reuters reported.Neither Anthropic nor the Commerce Department immediately returned a request for comment from Forbes. if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document; var script = iframeDoc.createElement('script'); script.src = '//cd.e...