# Identity-Gated Frontier Access

Closed labs increasingly ship one model in two tiers, a safeguarded public version and a less restricted version for verified customers, so access to dual-use capability is set by account verification and policy rather than by which model a customer can buy.

- Conviction: 38 / 100 (weakening)
- Horizon: Emerging (watchlist)
- Tracking since: 2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Last updated: 2026-11-14T14:08:09.995Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/trends/identity-gated-frontier-access
- Publisher: Polylog
- Affected regions: United States

## Recent score history

- 2026-11-13: 40
- 2026-11-14: 38

## Recent evidence

- [confirms] Anthropic ships Claude Fable 5.2 to all customers and restricts the same model, as Mythos 5.2, to verified cyber and life-science users (2026-11-13): Anthropic shipped one model in two tiers: Claude Fable 5.2 for all customers, and the same model as Mythos 5.2 only for verified cyber and life-science users. This is the thesis pattern exactly, with account verification rather than the model purchased deciding who gets dual-use capability.