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Anthropic Walks Back Policy That Could Have ‘Sabotaged’ AI Researchers Using Claude

Anthropic will make Fable 5 AI safeguards visible, apologizing for their previous invisible approach. The company will now notify users when requests related to frontier LLM development are limited, reverting to an older model version and providing explicit refusal reasons via API. This change addresses developer backlash regarding the lack of transparency in AI model behavior and aims to improve trust by allowing for external probing and validation of safeguards.

Simon Willison·Jun 11, 2026

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