Claude's new Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models suspended by US government

Why does any of this matter? Mythos is Anthropic’s most capable AI model, one the company previewed in early April and has kept tightly restricted ever since because of what Anthropic described as its exceptional ability to find secu… | Fable 5, released just three days ago, was Anthropic’s answer to the obvious commercial pressure: a version of Mythos fitted with guardrails that block responses in high-… Why does any of this matter? Mythos is Anthropic’s most capable AI model, one the company previewed in early April and has kept tightly restricted ever since because of what Anthropic described as its exceptional ability to find secu… Fable 5, released just three days ago, was Anthropic’s answer to the obvious commercial pressure: a version of Mythos fitted with guardrails that block responses in high-risk areas like cybersecurity and biology, making it safe enoug… Clearly, none of that was enough to stop the government from acting, and Anthropic isn’t…

In the weeks leading up to the launch of Fable, Anthropic worked with the US government, the UK AISI, multiple private third-party organizations and internal teams to red-team Fable’s safeguards for thousands of hours in total. | We suspect that perfect jailbreak resistance is not currently possible for any model provider. Every safeguard used in the industry is vulnerable to non-universal jailbreaks (which can elic… In the weeks leading up to the launch of Fable, Anthropic worked with the US government, the UK AISI, multiple private third-party organizations and internal teams to red-team Fable’s safeguards for thousands of hours in total. We suspect that perfect jailbreak resistance is not currently possible for any model provider. Every safeguard used in the industry is vulnerable to non-universal jailbreaks (which can elicit some cyber information in specific circumstance… We received the directive from the government today at 5:21pm (ET). The letter did not provide specific…

Diligenta , TCS’s UK life and pensions business, will use Claude to improve the customer experience for the more than 22 million policyholders it serves. | TCS’s banking and financial services product teams will use Claude Code to boost productivity around software engineering and IT operations. | TCS’s engineering teams will add reusable skills and plugins to the Claude Code ecosystem, starting with ones focused on… Diligenta , TCS’s UK life and pensions business, will use Claude to improve the customer experience for the more than 22 million policyholders it serves. TCS’s banking and financial services product teams will use Claude Code to boost productivity around software engineering and IT operations. TCS’s engineering teams will add reusable skills and plugins to the Claude Code ecosystem, starting with ones focused on claims adjudication and lending advisory. Claude's new Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models were suspended by the US government, and it also announced…

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The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX… | Theresa Loconsolo is an audio producer at TechCrunch focusing on Equity, the network’s flagship podcast. Before joining TechCrunch in 2022, she was one of 2 producers at… The IPO market is back, and it’s not the same companies leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a new acronym is taking over: MANGOS — Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX… Theresa Loconsolo is an audio producer at TechCrunch focusing on Equity, the network’s flagship podcast. Before joining TechCrunch in 2022, she was one of 2 producers at a four-station conglomerate where she wrote, recorded, voiced a… Anthony Ha is TechCrunch’s weekend editor. Previously, he worked as a tech reporter at…

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