Trump to lift limits on Anthropic's Fable model
President Trump announced plans to lift export limits on Anthropic's advanced AI model, Fable, reversing earlier restrictions. The move aims to boost U.S. competitiveness in artificial intelligence development and deployment.
Background
Anthropic is a US AI company known for building safe, interpretable large language models. Its Fable model is a next-generation system (successor to Claude) that the company has been training under voluntary safety protocols agreed with the Biden administration. The Trump administration is now removing export-control restrictions that had limited where Fable could be deployed or sold, arguing that US dominance in AI is a national-security asset. The decision shifts from a containment strategy — limiting advanced chips and models from reaching China — to a promotion strategy that prioritizes market access for US AI firms. Critics warn that lifting limits could let sensitive technology flow to adversaries, while Anthropic argues the rules were hurting its competitiveness against foreign labs that face no such constraints.