June 27 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is close to allowing Anthropic to restore access to its ‌Fable 5 model, Axios reported on Saturday, citing ‌a source close to the situation.

Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. ​Anthropic and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Anthropic had abruptly disabled its most advanced AI models — Mythos 5 and Fable 5 — for all ‌users after the ⁠government's June 12 export control order.

Insiders expect the administration's limits on Fable 5 could be ⁠lifted as soon as this coming week, the report said.

Conversations between the parties are expected to continue over the ​weekend, and ​Anthropic expects to restore ​Fable access soon, the ‌report added, citing a second source.

Anthropic said on Friday that the U.S. government has allowed it to release its Claude Mythos 5 artificial intelligence model to some "trusted" U.S. organizations, partially reversing an order two weeks ago to ‌suspend access over national security risks.

The ​government is also moving towards ​allowing Anthropic to release ​Fable soon, although a timeline is unclear, ‌a source familiar with the ​directive told ​Reuters.

Both Fable 5 and Mythos use the same underlying AI model, but Fable 5 is designed to ​be widely available ‌for public use whereas some safeguards are lifted ​for Mythos.

(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing ​by Jan Harvey, Alexandra Hudson)