Alleged China connections at SK Telecom and security flaws in Fable 5 led the White House to pull Anthropic's Claude Mythos and Fable 5 models offline.
A combination of national security concerns and reported safety vulnerabilities prompted the White House to force Anthropic to take two of its AI models — Claude Mythos and Fable 5 — completely offline, according to a report by WIRED cited by The Decoder. [1]
The crisis began when South Korean telecom company SK Telecom was found to have access to Mythos through Anthropic’s partner program, known as Project Glasswing. [1] US officials grew alarmed over what they characterized as SK Telecom’s alleged ties to China, and the White House directed Anthropic to cut off the company’s access. [1] Anthropic complied immediately. [1]
SK Telecom denied having any China connections when contacted by a Korean newspaper. [1] However, the company is part of the broader SK Group conglomerate, which has significant business interests in China and held a stake in state-owned Chinese carrier China Unicom until 2009. [1]
The situation escalated further when Amazon and other companies flagged security flaws in Fable 5 that could be exploited to bypass the model’s safety restrictions. [1] The two incidents together caused the White House to lose confidence in Anthropic and order both models taken fully offline. [1]
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