Government Lifts Restrictions on Anthropic's Claude AI Chatbot

The Trump administration lifted restrictions on Anthropic's Claude chatbot — an AI tool that answers questions and writes text — on July 3, 2026. A partial rollback began June 26 when Mythos 5, another AI model, was reoffered to vetted companies and government partners. Bloomberg reported the ban risked helping China's competing AI models by leaving a gap.