The Trump administration’s ban on the use of Anthropic’s most advanced AI models—Fable 5 and Mythos 5—has been in effect for five days, with no clear end in sight. During that time, questions about the motives behind the directive have steadily grown. Ostensibly, the government based the ban on national security concerns. Federal officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, reportedly learned from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy last week about research co