On June 9, 2026, Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, its first generally available Mythos-class model. For application security teams, this is a critical development. Mythos-class is Anthropic’s most capable tier. Of its locked-down sibling, Claude Mythos 5, Anthropic says it “has the strongest cybersecurity capabilities of any model in the world.” For most of the past year that capability sat behind closed doors, available to a small group of cyber defenders through Project Glasswing. Now, a safeguarded version of it is generally available through the major Claude platform channels.

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