Trump Administration Lifts Restrictions on Anthropic's Claude Chatbot

The Trump administration lifted restrictions on Anthropic's Claude chatbot on July 3, 2026, completing a partial rollback that began June 26 when Mythos 5 was reoffered to trusted companies and government partners. Bloomberg reported the ban risked boosting China's open-source AI models by creating a competitive vacuum. The Mythos ban itself remained in place as of June 26 reporting.