Anthropic's most advanced AI models are returning to India after a US export control order that had blocked access to them, according to reports from The Hindu and MarketScale.
The models in question are Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, described as the company's top-tier systems. Access to them in India was cut off under a recent US export control order — a move The Hindu characterized as a "bruising cutoff."
According to MarketScale, the United States has now lifted those export controls, ending what it reported as a 19-day shutdown. The Hindu similarly reports that the models will return to India following the halt on their access.
Export controls are government rules that restrict which technologies can be sold or made available across borders, often for national security or strategic reasons. When applied to cutting-edge AI models, they can abruptly sever access for businesses, developers, and users in an affected country — which is what the sources describe happening in India before the reversal.
The available reporting does not specify the reason the controls were imposed, the terms under which they were lifted, or how many users or companies were affected during the roughly three-week interruption.
Why it matters: The episode shows how quickly access to frontier AI tools can be switched off — and back on — by government policy, leaving users in major markets like India dependent on decisions made far outside their control.