EU Commission Warns US Export Controls on Anthropic AI Must Remain Non‑Discriminatory

Published on 14/06/2026 – 18:12 GMT+2

The United States’ decision to impose export controls on Anthropic’s most advanced AI models is attracting attention from the European Commission, which is evaluating the impact on users within the EU.

On Friday, the Trump administration issued a directive banning foreign nationals from accessing Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, citing national‑security concerns and forcing the company to cut off non‑U.S. users, including those in Europe.

Fable 5 and Mythos 5 are regarded as state‑of‑the‑art models. Access was initially limited to a small group of users to evaluate their potential for identifying and exploiting cyber‑security vulnerabilities.

“We are seeing a new generation of highly capable AI models reach the market. These models offer significant benefits, including for cyber‑defence, but they also raise serious cybersecurity concerns that need to be addressed,” European Commission spokesperson for tech sovereignty Thomas Regnier said on Sunday.

“This is a shared challenge, not one confined to a single jurisdiction or company. We believe that contingency measures taken in this light should not be discriminatory against partners,” he added.

For the Commission, the episode underscores the need for Europe to reinforce its technological sovereignty, with existing EU cybersecurity and AI legislation offering a framework to manage emerging risks on its own terms.

“We are looking closely at the practical consequences of this for European users of these services,” Regnier said.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will join G7 leaders and chief executives of other leading AI companies for a working lunch on Tuesday.

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