White House moves to restore Anthropic access after Pentagon standoff

THE DECODER / 4/29/2026

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Key Points

  • The White House is drafting new guidance intended to restore federal agencies’ ability to work with Anthropic after a Pentagon-related access dispute.
  • The updated framework would also cover Anthropic’s newly announced model, Mythos.
  • The move signals an effort to normalize government access and collaboration with a major frontier AI provider following the standoff.
  • The guidance drafting indicates the situation is still in the process of being resolved rather than fully finalized.
  • The development could affect how federal teams procure, test, and deploy Anthropic-based capabilities across government workloads.

The White House is drafting guidance that would let federal agencies work with Anthropic again, including access to the company's new model Mythos.

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