Published on 6/17/2026
US President Donald Trump’s decision to force Anthropic to suspend access to its latest artificial intelligence models, which are ranked among the most advanced in the world, has sparked a wide wave of controversy around the world.
The artificial intelligence sector is living under the shock of this “flash ban,” which has plunged the artificial intelligence sector into a dark tunnel of influence struggle, accusations of Chinese penetration, and playing suspicious roles as allies before adversaries.
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In its report on the subject, Le Figaro newspaper says that the details of the crisis that took place in the closed rooms of Washington revealed the exciting behind-the-scenes of the decision to suspend the Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models a few days after their launch, in a move that observers considered a severe blow to the company’s billion-dollar ambitions.
American official: Anthropic is paying the price today for its fear-mongering and lack of experience in dealing with Washington.
According to the newspaper, the chapters of the crisis began to accelerate on Friday evening, when Anthropic received a sudden call from the Trump administration carrying a final and strict warning that gave the company only 90 minutes to cut off service to all foreign users, under the pretext of export control laws, or face sanctions and devastating repercussions.
Although the company’s CEO, Dario Amodei, entered into urgent phone negotiations that lasted 75 minutes with senior officials – including Treasury Secretary Scott Besent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick – the negotiations reached a dead end.
This forced the company to submit and completely close its two models, and according to informed government sources, the US administration no longer tolerates what it described as “technical arrogance.”
An official government source confirmed that Anthropic is today paying the price for its fear-mongering and lack of experience in dealing with Washington, noting that the company “did not do a good job of dialogue with the administration and understanding the ideological differences that separate them.”
Amazon’s mysterious stab
According to what was leaked by American media platforms such as Axios and Semaphore, the panic in Washington was not the result of a coincidence, but rather came after reports that a communications group linked to Beijing had succeeded in circumventing the firewalls of the model, amid terrifying American fears that China would steal the new code to build a super-competitive Chinese version.
But the real surprise hero, according to the newspaper, was Amazon, Anthropic’s largest investor and financial backer. It turned out that the ban was based on a direct confidential report submitted by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to the government after his security team succeeded in forcing Fable 5 to provide information that would facilitate the launch of dangerous cyber attacks.
In an attempt to maneuver and justify this suspicious role, an Amazon spokesperson commented to the media, saying: “As a leading cloud computing provider serving public and private sector customers, it is not uncommon for governments to seek our advice on security risks, and in return, we do not share the details of these discussions.”
Anthropic attacks
This alleged alliance between Washington and Amazon ignited the anger of Anthropic, which saw the decision as a destruction of the industry and an exaggerated restriction based on a normal loophole that occurs in all digital models. The company published a strongly worded statement attacking the new government standards, which stated: “We reject the idea that the discovery of a possible circumvention of security measures around Fable 5 justifies the withdrawal of a commercial model that has been deployed to hundreds of millions of people.”
He added: “If this standard were applied to the entire sector, we believe it would essentially halt all new deployments of advanced AI models.”
Anthropic has often faced accusations from its competitors, such as OpenAI and MistralAI, that it was impersonating the “white knight” and exploiting security concerns as a marketing tool to enhance its influence, but this approach backfired after its concerns turned into an excuse that the Trump administration used to stifle its latest products, according to the newspaper.
Where is the crisis heading?
While the technology sector stands divided, with a number of company heads signing a letter rejecting strict restrictions on artificial intelligence, the ongoing technical negotiations in the corridors of the US Department of Commerce are still at a standstill without concrete solutions.
However, leaks from within Silicon Valley indicate that the banned models may return to service within the next few days after a temporary security settlement, ending – if only for the moment – one of the most dangerous rounds of conflict between politics and high technology.
