US clears Anthropic to restore Mythos 5 to a small group of cyber defenders, but Fable 5 stays dark
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Selective reactivation of Mythos 5 for “trusted partners” while Fable 5 stays offline shows frontier cyber models are now treated like dual-use capabilities, not generic APIs. If you depend on advanced AI for defense, assume licensing, audits, and tiered access will become part of your security architecture.
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