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The Trump administration compelled Anthropic to withdraw its two most advanced AI models — Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 — from distribution citing national security risks. White House officials told WIRED that Anthropic must ensure the models' guardrails cannot be circumvented before they can be rereleased, a condition security experts say is technically impossible to guarantee. The models were pulled after Amazon researchers reportedly jailbroke Fable 5, and the White House separately ordered Anthropic to revoke SK Telecom's access to Mythos over alleged ties to China. Anthropic has not been publicly told exactly what rule it violated, and cybersecurity researchers signed an open letter calling the crackdown dangerous, noting the same jailbreaks exist in other widely available models.

Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon, according to US officials, after cross-border fighting had delayed planned US-Iran negotiations. Special envoy Steve Witkoff is heading to Switzerland for the Iran talks, which were postponed due to the Israel-Hezbollah clashes. The ceasefire agreement bolsters efforts toward a broader US-Iran truce. More Lebanon strikes were reported even as the ceasefire was announced, indicating a shaky start.