Anthropic Debunks Viral 'Fable 5 Is Back' Rumors — Says Zero Fable/Mythos Traffic Served

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On June 25, viral r/ClaudeAI and r/singularity rumors that Anthropic's frozen Fable 5 model had quietly returned were debunked: staff said zero Fable/Mythos traffic is being served and that model-picker sightings were a UI bug. The episode underscores continued community fixation on the export-control-driven Fable/Mythos suspension. A clean confirmed-vs-rumored data point.