[nlh]

Here's a copy of the letter that Commerce sent to Anthropic (note who it'a NOT addressed to...)

Source: https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2072103733715194048?s=20

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June 30, 2026

Tom Brown Chief Compute Officer Anthropic 548 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94104

Dear Mr. Brown:

Since the issuance of my previous letters, dated June 12, 2026 and June 26, 2026, Anthropic has taken steps in close coordination with the U.S. government to address the risks associated with Claude Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5. Among other things, Anthropic has agreed to proactively detect and address security risks associated with the models; to work diligently with the U.S. government on protocols and standards and releases for Mythos, Fable, and future models; and to inform the U.S. government of any malicious activity.

In light of these actions and commitments, as well as the Bureau of Industry and Security's evaluation of the diversion risks now presented by Claude Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5, the controls in the June 12 letter are withdrawn. A license is no longer required for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer, including deemed export or deemed reexport, of the Mythos or Fable models.

Commerce reserves the right to reevaluate the decisions made in this letter and the necessity of reimposing a license requirement, should circumstances change or should Anthropic fail to adhere to its commitments.

If you have any questions about this letter, please contact me or the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, Jeffrey Kessler, at [phone].

Sincerely,

Howard W. Lutnick

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[drusepth]

> Among other things, Anthropic has agreed to proactively detect and address security risks associated with the models; to work diligently with the U.S. government on protocols and standards and releases for Mythos, Fable, and future models; and to inform the U.S. government of any malicious activity.

How likely is it the resolution was just a direct flow of data on what each Claude user is specifically using Claude for, probably sent off to some other (gov-owned) AI datacenter for analysis?

[bdavisx]

This is a serious answer, even though it sounds smart-assish:

How likely is it the resolution was money flowing to the correct people?

and a follow-up: How likely is it that the block was put in place just to get that money flowing?

[ethersteeds]

Real nice IPO ya got there, it'd be a shame if anything happened to it...

[Jblx2]

For those who haven't been following this closely, who is the missing addressee?

[nlh]

Dario Amodei (Anthropic's CEO) had previously been directly liaising with the government and apparently it wasn't going well.

[Avicebron]

Any news why?

[s3p]

They don't speak the same [proverbial] language essentially. Dario and the WH talk about this stuff completely differently.

https://archive.is/9k7qt#selection-2001.41-2001.49 https://archive.is/dybOE

[qalmakka]

To be fair is quite hard to actually understand what this White House is saying most of the time

[estearum]

Incoherence is a feature, not a bug, of authoritarians

(not necessarily implying it's conscious strategy, authoritarians tend to be actual incoherent dumbasses)

[Aeolun]

I'm fairly certain which side of the conversation I'd have trouble understanding. I have trouble understanding it all the time.

[mcherm]

I frequently have trouble understanding both sides!

[CGMthrowaway]

https://www.wired.com/story/the-trump-white-house-is-over-an...

[ebbi]

Probably didn't kiss ass as much as most other tech CEOs.

[bredren]

I presume this was one of the lowest points of Tim Cook’s career: https://youtu.be/kSAGUjY2HIs?is=my5VbCBB5Ku-MlLX

[genxy]

Probably wishing it was twice as big, twice as gold, has that Chinese ram deal riding on it.

[apitman]

I was sure this was going to be a massive solid gold iPhone

[nolok]

He's the one who led the choice to refuse working with the gov for surveillance or defense, and it led to that block right after.

I have no proof but I assume he believes at least some of what he's preaching (which doesn't mean he won't fold, at the end of the day it's an american company anyway).

Brown is probably more of a diplomat, "Sure, but not now" goes a lot further than "No, never", though it has the issue of kicking the can down the road.

[Matl]

> He's the one who led the choice to refuse working with the gov for surveillance or defense

This is false and just Anthropic being good at PR. He's happy to let it be used for airstrikes on Iran for example, just wants to keep a human in the loop. So the AI will say 'I am extremely sure this building (a girl school) is a military base' and the human will say 'I am being asked to carry out more airstrikes and who am I to question AI' and will bomb a school with Amodei then washing his hands.

[addandsubtract]

You've mentioned the Iran airstrike twice now. Do you have a source for them using an LLM for their "intelligence" / decision making?

[overgard]

Maybe he just lacks social skills, but I remember watching videos of him talking about mass job loss with what looked like glee on his face. All his actions and communications do not give me a sense that his "principles" are good or even what he claims them to be

[nickandbro]

Jeff is now going to have to change his number. Can’t imagine all the calls or messages he must be getting now

[killingtime74]

You don't think public officials have official numbers?

[xg15]

Yes, but the numbers probably don't go viral on X, usually.

[itomato]

If X is their platform, let them choke on it.

[woeirua]

How many people are going to call Jeffrey Kessler? lol.