'Way out of line': The US government is being sued for executive order restricting foreign access to Project Glasswing

Date:
Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:50:00 +0000

Description:
US government order caused Anthropic to pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users amid security concerns.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter US government ordered Anthropic to pull frontier models for foreign nationals Legal AI startup claims it had contractual access to those models Anthropic doesn't agree with the White House but complies Legal AI startup Legion LegalTech Corp has filed a
lawsuit challenging a June 12 government order that forced Anthropic to restrict access to its most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for foreign citizens (via Reuters ).

According to the complain, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) gave Anthropic around 90 minutes to comply with the order, or face civil and criminal penalties. All foreign nationals, including those living inside and outside of the US, and even Anthropic's own employees, are said to be
affected by the order. Latest Videos From Watch full video here: Government order to ban Anthropic models internationally legally challenged Legion LegalTech Corp acknowledges that the order was triggered because of concerns that users could jailbreak models into reviewing software code and
identifying vulnerabilities, but the startup argues this is a common capability of all frontier models and doesn't just affect Anthropic's models.

The company says it had contractual access to Anthropic's Fable 5 model, and was actively integrating it into its products that draft and manage cases. Because the company employs Canadian developers working remotely from Canada, it lost access to the model once restrictions took effect. You may like Anthropic blocks Mythos 5 and Fable 5 access under US government orders Judge blocks Trump crackdown on Anthropic, restoring Claude access to Federal workers US security agency still using Mythos despite ban government using new security tool despite Pentagon's 'supply chain risk' designation

"Anthropic took no independent action to restrict Legions access; it complied with the governments command under threat of enforcement consequences," the lawsuit reads.

The lawsuit argues that no current export control classifications cover
access to cloud-hosted AI models. It also references an independent reviewer, who sees the government's action as disproportionate and "way out of line." Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

Anthropic announced the frontier models on June 9. By June 12, it had
released a statement in response to the government directive, criticizing the government for "not provid[ing] specific details of its national security concern."

"We are complying with the governments legal directive and are removing
access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users." Follow TechRadar on Google
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