Chinese labs are competing hard on price and open access, a shift analysts say is already changing how companies decide which AI models to run.
Anthropic restored its Claude Fable 5 model for all users on July 1, after the U.S. lifted export controls that had taken it offline worldwide since June 12. It was the first time Washington pulled a live consumer AI product over a security concern.
Anthropic's June 9 launch of Claude Fable 5 introduced a new label, 'Mythos-class', for its most capable models. The tier system decides what safeguards ship and who gets access, showing how AI labs are starting to sort models by risk, not just version number.