Trump administration weighs export controls, forces Anthropic to take advanced AI model Claude Mythos offline after dispute over sharing technology with China-linked firm shatters White House trust

How Anthropic lost the White House’s trust — and then its flagship product

Democracy Dies in DarknessThe Trump administration weighed export controls on Anthropic weeks before forcing its AI model offline, after a dispute over the company sharing its technology with a suspected China-linked firm.June 15, 2026 at 10:01 p.m. EDTToday at 10:01 p.m. EDTThe Claude Mythos logo. (NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Trump administration officials began weighing sanctions on Anthropic weeks before they demanded the company take its latest and most advanced artificial intelligenc...