Claude Mythos 5 access returns first for US critical infrastructure

A narrow reopening for a sensitive model

Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and Fable 5 access dispute has moved from shutdown to partial restoration. In a June 27, 2026 tweet at 00:29:57 UTC, Anthropic said it has worked with the US government since June 12 to restore access to both models. The immediate change is limited: Mythos 5 can be redeployed to a set of US organizations that operate and defend critical infrastructure, while broader Mythos 5 access and general Fable 5 use remain unresolved.

“Mythos 5, our strongest cybersecurity model, can be redeployed.”

Anthropic’s official account usually carries Claude product updates, safety research, and policy statements. This post is material because it describes model availability as a government-mediated access decision. The company calls Mythos 5 its strongest cybersecurity model, which explains why the first restored users are infrastructure defenders rather than the general customer base. Cybersecurity models can help identify vulnerabilities and automate defensive work, but the same capability profile can raise export-control and misuse concerns.

The concrete timeline matters. Anthropic identifies June 12 as the start of the restoration talks, and the new tweet landed about two weeks later. That suggests a staged review process rather than a simple product switch. It also means access to frontier models is becoming operationally similar to cloud security infrastructure: eligibility, jurisdiction, user category, and use case can determine whether a customer sees the model at all.

What to watch next is the expansion path. If Mythos 5 moves from critical infrastructure organizations to a wider set of US enterprises, Anthropic will need to explain the guardrails that changed the government’s view. Fable 5 is the other signal: its return to general use would show whether the issue was model-specific, customer-specific, or part of a broader policy template for high-capability systems. Source: Anthropic source tweet