Sakana AI's Fugu and 360's cybersecurity model Tulongfeng claim to rival Anthropic's banned Mythos and Fable 5 models amid the US export ban (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

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Sakana AI and 360 released models positioned as alternatives to Anthropic systems unavailable under US export restrictions.

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<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/27/asian-ai-startups-launch-mythos-like-models-as-anthropics-export-ban-drags-on/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260627/i11.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260627/p11#a260627p11" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Kate Park / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/27/asian-ai-startups-launch-mythos-like-models-as-anthropics-export-ban-drags-on/">Sakana AI's Fugu and 360's cybersecurity model Tulongfeng claim to rival Anthropic's banned Mythos and Fable 5 models amid the US export ban</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; On Wednesday, Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 reportedly unveiled Tulongfeng, an AI tool it says can go head-to-head with Anthropic's Mythos.</p>