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MythosTracker Independent · Est. 2026 · Not affiliated with Anthropic Fable 5 / Mythos 5 Suspended

Canonical saga

The Mythos timeline

Every verified milestone in Anthropic’s Mythos-class story, newest first — from the Glasswing preview to the launch of Fable 5 and Mythos 5 and the export-control suspension that followed. Curated anchors are augmented automatically as new reporting lands. Definitions → mythoslm.ai.

11 milestones · latest Aug 25, 2026

  1. Launch

    Unreleased Anthropic Mythos 2 and Mythos 3 and OpenAI Astra

    Release coverage from NextBigFuture.com: "Unreleased Anthropic Mythos 2 and Mythos 3 and OpenAI Astra." See the original report for full details via the source link below.

    Source: NextBigFuture.com

  2. Launch

    Anthropic Launches Claude Security With Mythos 5 For Vulnerability Scanning

    Release coverage from Dataconomy: "Anthropic Launches Claude Security With Mythos 5 For Vulnerability Scanning." See the original report for full details via the source link below.

    Source: Dataconomy

  3. Launch

    Anthropic Just Released The AI They Said Was Too Dangerous | Claude Fable 5 & Mythos Explained Santiago Espinal (EZGK8eAXa4)

    Release coverage from Mshale: "Anthropic Just Released The AI They Said Was Too Dangerous | Claude Fable 5 & Mythos Explained Santiago Espinal (EZGK8eAXa4)." See the original report for full details via the source link below.

    Source: Mshale

  4. Launch

    Fable 5.1 Targets a Tentative Late August 2026 Launch

    Release coverage from Geeky Gadgets: "Fable 5.1 Targets a Tentative Late August 2026 Launch." See the original report for full details via the source link below.

    Source: Geeky Gadgets

  5. Launch

    Anthropic runs unreleased Model 2 stronger than Claude Mythos 5

    Release coverage from 디지털투데이: "Anthropic runs unreleased Model 2 stronger than Claude Mythos 5." See the original report for full details via the source link below.

    Source: 디지털투데이

  6. Launch

    China's Z.ai launches model it says rivals Anthropic's Mythos

    Release coverage from asia.nikkei.com: "China's Z.ai launches model it says rivals Anthropic's Mythos." See the original report for full details via the source link below.

    Source: Nikkei Asia

  7. Policy

    Status page logs the suspension as an active incident

    The Anthropic status board records an active incident — "We’ve suspended access to Claude Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5" — affecting claude.ai, the Claude API, and Claude Code, and links to the access statement.

    Source: Anthropic status page

  8. Policy

    US export-control directive suspends Fable 5 and Mythos 5

    Anthropic issues a statement on a US government export-control directive suspending all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5. The company says it intends to restore Fable 5 to subscription plans when capacity and clearance allow.

    Source: Anthropic

  9. Launch

    Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 launch

    Anthropic releases Fable 5 and Mythos 5 — the same underlying model, differentiated by safeguards. Fable 5 ships with safety classifiers that reroute flagged requests to Claude Opus 4.8; Mythos 5 lifts those classifiers under Glasswing-only access.

    Source: Anthropic

  10. Pricing

    Fable 5 reaches general availability and free intro window opens

    Fable 5 becomes available on the Claude API, the Claude Platform on AWS, Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Foundry, with 1M-token context and up to 128k output. It is free for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans through June 22, with usage-based pricing after June 23.

    Source: Anthropic

  11. Launch

    Claude Mythos Preview ships via Project Glasswing

    The first Mythos-class model — a tier above Opus — reaches roughly 50 selected organizations in cyberdefense and critical infrastructure, including the US government, under the limited-access Project Glasswing program.

    Source: Anthropic

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