Is the US government's Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand?

The US government forced Anthropic to withdraw its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers reportedly discovered a method to bypass Fable 5's safety guardrails. Cybersecurity researchers have since signed an open letter pushing back against the ban, noting that the same jailbreaks exist across other publicly available models. The episode raises uncomfortable questions about whether selective government intervention in AI safety can be principled, or whether it functions as theater that inadvertently elevates the companies it targets.