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Will Fable be reenabled for Europeans before Americans?
3
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Dec 31
2%
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This market is like /2ndPairofBoots/will-fable-be-reenabled-for-america-uuSuPZgLCE , but in reverse.

Resolution criteria

This market will resolve to YES if Anthropic officially reenables access to its Claude Fable model (specifically Fable 5 or its direct successors) for users in any European country prior to reenabling it for users in the United States.

This market will resolve to NO if:

  • Anthropic reenables access for users in the United States prior to reenabling it for users in at least one European country (geographically, including the EU, UK, Switzerland, etc.) .

  • Anthropic reenables access for both United States and European users at the exact same time (such as via a simultaneous global release or lifting of restrictions).

  • Fable is permanently retired, or neither region has access restored by December 31, 2026.

Definitions & Notes:

  • Reenabled access means the model is officially made available to general customers or subscription tiers (e.g., Claude Pro, API, etc.) in the respective region. Unofficial workarounds (like VPNs) do not count.

  • European country is defined geographically (including all EU member states, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, etc.).

  • The primary source of truth will be official statements or press releases from Anthropic, verified by reputable tech journalism outlets (e.g., TechCrunch, Axios, Bloomberg).

Background

On Friday, June 12, 2026, the US Department of Commerce issued an export control directive ordering Anthropic to block all foreign nationals from accessing its newly launched frontier AI models, "Fable 5" and "Mythos 5," citing national security concerns over an alleged security "jailbreak".

Because Anthropic could not reliably distinguish foreign nationals from US citizens in real time, the company complied with the order by abruptly disabling both models globally for all customers—including those in the United States.

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This market is motivated by the Above The Fold newsletter stating:

Europeans are now heavily favored to get access back first

which I think is completely bonkers. But what do I know? Let's find out!

@jcb ... did the author not notice the dates?

@vee I dunno! I would tag them here but I'm not sure what their Manifold username is.

Oh, I guess it's just "sahaj".

@sahaj, FYI this market re the recent Above The Fold!

@jcb Oh. I think I read the market backwards and somehow ended up self-justifying it with logic that doesn't really make much sense looking back. Good catch, cheers, will correct.

I tend to try and steer clear of super distinct value judgements and end up forming arguments based on the probabilities themselves so didn't really look at it in a ton of detail.