Regulatory Crossfire: How a 90-Minute Ultimatum Shook Anthropic’s Fable and the AI Industry

Verge’s Decoder episode unpacks how US export controls forced Anthropic to take down Fable 5 and Mythos 5, triggering a weekend scramble and a broader debate about AI safety and regulation. It traces the sequence from Amazon‑reported jailbreak concerns to a 90‑minute ultimatum and a regulatory approach that could either be more rigorous or more haphazard, highlighting tensions between government oversight, industry risk, and the push for a non‑voluntary framework while noting potential rollback of foreign‑nation access.