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Claude Fable 5: 18 Days Offline on Export Rules [2026]
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Fusion42 · 12 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Claude Fable 5, Anthropic's new frontier AI model released 9 June 2026, was blocked from export to multiple countries for 18 days following US regulatory review, then restored on 30 June with export controls in place. The model scores 80.3% on SWE-Bench Pro—21 points ahead of GPT-5.5—but its restricted sibling Claude Mythos 5 was withheld entirely from public release over cybersecurity concerns.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Frontier Models.
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If you're building with Claude outside the US, assume 2-3 week blackouts on new releases now: export reviews have moved from administrative to blocking. Plan your tooling around Claude Opus, not the frontier model, or find a supplier with no export controls.
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