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Ask HN: Where the h*ck is fable?

A user posted on Hacker News wondering about the current status and whereabouts of the Fable programming tool or project, prompting discussion among the community about its development and availability.

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- The post is on Hacker News (HN), a tech community run by Y Combinator where users discuss startups, programming, and tech news. "Ask HN" is a category for community Q&A.<br> - "Fable" likely refers to Fable (fable.io), a popular digital storytelling / interactive fiction platform that lets creators build and share narrative games. It had a significant user base and was well-known in the indie/interactive-fiction scene.<br> - The question suggests Fable has gone offline, disappeared, or been abandoned without notice — a pattern common among small startups or passion projects that shut down quietly, leaving users confused about what happened to their content.<br> - The "h*ck" asterisk is a mild self-censorship, implying frustration or concern, not anger.

Quoting Anthropic

7.5

Anthropic announced that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, and that they will begin restoring access tomorrow with a further update to follow.

Imagine what it will be like if 5 years from now models have improved on Fable as much as Fable has improved on GPT3.

3.0

Paul Graham speculates about future AI progress, imagining how advanced models might become in five years if they improve upon the current model Fable as much as Fable has improved upon GPT-3. The post quotes Jared Friedman praising Fable as "insanely good" and deserving of its hype.

RT Peter Gostev: I spent a LOT of time through the hardest 3D prompts at Fable, it is a 45 min video, but I have 60+ very cool demos for you. Also pro...

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Peter Gostev spent extensive time testing difficult 3D prompts at Fable and compiled a 45-minute video featuring over 60 demos, with prompts to be shared in a follow-up post.

Ask HN: Where the h*ck is fable?

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Quoting Anthropic

Imagine what it will be like if 5 years from now models have improved on Fable as much as Fable has improved on GPT3.

RT Peter Gostev: I spent a LOT of time through the hardest 3D prompts at Fable, it is a 45 min video, but I have 60+ very cool demos for you. Also pro...