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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?
by nlh 3mo ago
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 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of the diversion risks now presented by Claude Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5, the controls in the June 12 letter are withdrawn.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 (202) 255-1864.
Sincerely,
Howard W. Lutnick
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- Jblx2 3mo agoFor those who haven't been following this closely, who is the missing addressee?
- nlh 3mo agoDario Amodei (Anthropic's CEO) had previously been directly liaising with the government and apparently it wasn't going well.
- Avicebron 3mo agoAny news why?
- ebbi 3mo agoProbably didn't kiss ass as much as most other tech CEOs.
- bredren 3mo agoI presume this was one of the lowest points of Tim Cook’s career: https://youtu.be/kSAGUjY2HIs?is=my5VbCBB5Ku-MlLX https://youtu.be/kSAGUjY2HIs?is=my5VbCBB5Ku-MlLX
- s3p 3mo agoThey 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/9k7qt#selection-2001.41-2001.49 https://archive.is/dybOE https://archive.is/dybOE
- woeirua 3mo agoHow many people are going to call Jeffrey Kessler? lol.
- nickandbro 3mo agoJeff is now going to have to change his number. Can’t imagine all the calls or messages he must be getting now
- killingtime74 3mo agoYou don't think public officials have official numbers?
- xg15 3mo agoYes, but the numbers probably don't go viral on X, usually.
- naturalmovement 3mo ago[flagged]
- electriclove 3mo agoHa! But sorry, Dario has failed at this part of the job. It’s good that Tom is there and that there is plenty of other strong talent there.
- naturalmovement 3mo agoDario's job is to be a cheerleader. He likely does not have the domain knowledge nor is authorized to be the recipient of such a letter. And that's ok. His role is to hire others competent in export matters. It's a learning experience for them.
- nl 3mo agoI think you are missing some context here. One of the contributing factors that led to this control in the first place was that the commerce department couldn't get Dario on a call immediately: "Then White House started reaching out to Anthropic to speak with Dario Amodei, who was at a wellness retreat.... When Amodei was finally available past 1pm, he had three tense phone calls with a combo of ppl including Cairncross, Bessent, Lutnick, Kessler, Will Scharf, Richard Walters, and Walker Barrett." https://x.com/SophiaCai99/status/2065942612293365948 https://x.com/SophiaCai99/status/2065942612293365948 Anthropic has disputed that Dario was at a wellness retreat but both sides seem agree that it seemed to be a problem (and it is very apparent that Dario's response made things worse).
- naturalmovement 3mo agoThat link really sheds light on things. It's shocking to me that Anthropic seems to be run with the same managerial chaos as depicted in early seasons of Entourage. Dario may be a genius, but when it comes to running a big business — which involves dealing with governments and regulators — it's like he just fell off a turnip truck.
- itomato 3mo agoIf X is their platform, let them choke on it.
- drusepth 3mo ago> 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 3mo agoThis 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 3mo agoReal nice IPO ya got there, it'd be a shame if anything happened to it...