Jake Does AI
From Anthropic refusing the Pentagon to the NSA briefing to the global shutdown. Every key moment explained.
Jul 2025
Anthropic signs historic Pentagon deal
Claude becomes the first frontier AI model approved for use on classified US military networks. A landmark moment — the US government officially backing Anthropic's AI for national security work.
Feb 2026
The Pentagon demands more. Anthropic refuses.
The deal collapses. The Pentagon wants Claude available for autonomous weapons systems and mass domestic surveillance. Anthropic says no. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth issues an ultimatum. Anthropic refuses again. The Pentagon blacklists Anthropic. Trump orders all federal agencies to stop using Claude.
Mar 2026
Anthropic sues the US government
A federal judge rules the blacklisting was "Orwellian and likely retaliatory." Meanwhile Anthropic quietly continues building its most powerful model — one it has decided is too dangerous to release publicly at all.
Apr 7 2026
Project Glasswing — Mythos for the chosen few
Anthropic announces Mythos Preview but restricts access to roughly 200 vetted organisations under Project Glasswing. Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, JPMorgan, the Linux Foundation. Everyone else: nothing. The model is considered too powerful for general release.
Jun 2 2026
Trump orders AI labs to brief the government first
An executive order directs the NSA, Treasury and CISA to build a classified pre-release benchmarking process for frontier AI models within 60 days. The framework is not yet operational when Anthropic launches Fable 5 seven days later.
Jun 9 2026
Fable 5 launches publicly — Mythos-class for everyone
Anthropic releases Fable 5 to all subscribers. A Mythos-class model with safety guardrails. The most powerful AI ever made available to the general public. It lasts 72 hours.
Jun 11 2026
The NSA brief Congress on what Mythos did
Senator Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, tells Congress what General Joshua Rudd — head of the NSA and US Cyber Command — privately told him about an authorised red team assessment of Mythos.
"Mythos broke into almost all of our classified systems. Not in weeks. But in hours."
— Gen. Joshua Rudd, as relayed by Sen. Mark Warner
The same day, Amazon reportedly discovers a jailbreak vulnerability in Fable 5. Two separate crisis points collide on a single afternoon.
Jun 12 2026 · 5:21pm ET
Trump orders Fable 5 and Mythos 5 offline
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sends a letter to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Citing national security concerns and the jailbreak. Ordering both models suspended for all foreign nationals worldwide — including Anthropic's own foreign-national employees. Anthropic cannot verify the nationality of 600 million users, so it shuts both models down for everyone.
Jun 14 2026
The Economist publishes the NSA quote. The internet explodes.
The quote stays under the radar for ten days after Warner says it. Then The Economist publishes it. Within hours it is everywhere. The journalist who wrote it later says it was "a mistake not to add caveats." The NSA has never officially confirmed anything. The claim is secondhand — a senator relaying a private briefing.
Jun 16–21 2026
100+ security executives push back
An open letter signed by security leaders from Adobe, Zoom, Nvidia, Vercel, Stanford and others demands the ban be lifted. Their argument: banning Fable 5 handcuffs defenders without slowing attackers, who can get the same capabilities from GPT-5.5 and other models without any jailbreak. The government's threat assessment is not supported by the security community.
Now
Fable 5 and Mythos 5 remain unavailable
Both models are still offline worldwide. Anthropic says it is working to restore access as quickly as possible. Insider accounts suggest restoration is imminent. Check isfable5back.com for live status. When they return, the free window runs until June 22nd — then usage credits apply.
Jun 20–22 2026
Trump meets Amodei at G7. The tone shifts.
At the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, President Trump meets Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei directly. The White House confirms Trump eased national security concerns about the models following the meeting. Anthropic's Managing Director of International Chris Ciauri goes public: "We are very confident that in the coming days, the models will become available again." Prediction markets now give 57% odds of Fable 5 returning before July 1 and 75% by July 17. The free-access pricing window expires June 22nd — restoration may come after that deadline passes.