Top Anthropic staffers rush to DC in bid to reverse White House crackdown on Mythos and Fable AI models

Some of Anthropic’s top staffers have rushed to Washington, DC, to try to reverse a White House crackdown on its “Mythos” and “Fable” AI models.Senior members of Anthropic’s technical staff traveled to the nation’s capital over the weekend to meet with White House officials, a person close to the company told The Post on Monday.Anthropic staff have held virtual meetings with the Trump administration since the White House slapped export controls on Mythos and Fable last week.Anthropic is committed to working with the Trump administration to resolve the dispute, the person said.A Trump administration official said Anthropic’s team would meet in person with Commerce Department officials on Monday as part of those discussions.The White House implemented the export controls on Friday after receiving intel from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy that their guardrails could be bypassed in a way that threatened national security.

Anthropic responded by pulling the models offline entirely, stating it was the only way to ensure compliance and that it disagreed with the White House’s move.The White House referred a request for comment to the Commerce Department, which did not immediately respond.As The Post reported, White House officials were miffed that Anthropic downplayed the security flaw in Fable as a “narrow potential jailbreak” — meaning security guardrails could be bypassed — that was not unique to its models.That was despite frequent claims from CEO Dario Amodei and others that AI safety was their top priority.A senior administration official said the White House received warnings from “nearly half a dozen” companies — not just Amazon — that raised concerns about Fable before the government took action.Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and White House Cyber Director Sean Cairncross are among the officials that have engaged with Anthropic’s team on the security concerns.Meanwhile, some notable cybersecurity officials have rallied to Anthropic...