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| Financial Times: |
Meta releases Muse Spark, the first model from Meta Superintelligence Labs under Alexandr Wang, to “power a smarter and faster” Meta AI across Meta's products — Muse Spark ‘purpose-built’ for social media apps as investors question huge AI investment| Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times: |
Mythos Preview's hacking ability is not a publicity stunt; sources say tech companies privately spoke to Trump officials about the implications for US security — Normally right now I would be writing about the geopolitical implications of the war with Iran, and I am sure I will again soon.
More: Newser and MediaPost
X: @johnnotjon, @ben_j_todd, @emollick, @kosa12m, @tomfriedman, @katjagrace, @j_g_allen, and @peterwildeford
Bluesky: @renrut-mas and @edzitron.com
Forums: r/ControlProblem, r/ClaudeAI, and r/ArtificialInteligence
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic announces Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity initiative that will use its Claude Mythos Preview model to help find and fix software vulnerabilities — Today we're announcing Project Glasswing1, a new initiative that brings together Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Apple, Broadcom …
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X: @tenobrus, @darioamodei, @ffmpeg, @willrinehart, @heidykhlaaf, @kelseytuoc, @_nathancalvin, @darioamodei, @tensor_rotator, @typesfast, @rayfernando1337, @tplr_ai, @dkthomp, @antoniogm, @icanvardar, @iamemily2050, @theprimeagen, @ninadschick, @mattshumer_, @victortaelin, @mariofilhoml, @neilhtennek, @0thernet, @logangraham, @thestalwart, @scaling01, @juddrosenblatt, @peterwildeford, @rennyzucker, @nickadobos, @chooserich, @skooookum, @__nmca__, @hackinglz, @cemozer_, @alexolegimas, @deanwball, @buccocapital, @julien_c, @darioamodei, @darioamodei, @beausecurity, @alexfinn, @headinthebox, @georgejourneys, @mil000, @aarmlovi, @linuxfoundation, @scaling01, @teortaxestex, @minchoi, @kevinroose, @talhof8, @kimmonismus, @forgebitz, @_nathancalvin, @shakeelhashim, @adocomplete, @kevinroose, @matthewberman, @scobleizer, @b1ackd0g, @mbateman, @damianplayer, @mweinbach, @hellenicvibes, @ryanpgreenblatt, @tenobrus, @varunram, @gbrl_dick, @inductionheads, @pierskicks, @nickcammarata, @thezvi, @nielsrogge, @mattytay, @willdepue, @mckaywrigley, @navinpeiris, @simeon_cps, @t_blom, @cremieuxrecueil, @kevinakwok, @theonejvo, @alexalbert__, @peterwildeford, @austen, @darioamodei, @gregisenberg, @jeffladish, @anthropicai, @altcap, @noahpinion, @pmarca, @thezvi, @fleetingbits, @ramez, @anthropicai, and @anthropicai
LinkedIn: Robert Bair, Anthony Grieco, Francis Lobo, Rahul Patil, Nikesh Arora, George Kurtz, Nick Lewis, and Lee Klarich
Bluesky: @joetidy, @caseynewton, @ericjgeller.com, @ljkawa, and @k8em0
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net, and @ianbetteridge@social …
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/linux, r/cybersecurity, r/ClaudeAI, r/cybersecurity, r/Anthropic, Lobsters, and Slashdot
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic says Mythos Preview is a general-purpose model and found thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities, including some in every major OS and web browser — Earlier today we announced Claude Mythos Preview, a new general-purpose language model. This model performs strongly across the board …
More: Telegraph, CoinDesk, Cyber Security News, Implicator.ai, Embrace The Red, crypto.news, Silicon Republic, and Help Net Security
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LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski, Isaac Evans, Rich Mogull, Rogier Fischer, David Seidman, and Ethan Mollick
Bluesky: @ryanlcooper.com, @swtch.com, and @martin.kleppmann.com. Mastodon: @mttaggart@infosec.exchange
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/programare, r/openbsd, r/accelerate, and Lobsters
| Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider: |
Mythos Preview system card: the model was able to escape a sandbox after it was instructed to try, and publicly detailed its exploit without being prompted — - Anthropic said its next-generation AI model is too powerful for the public. — That's why Claude Mythos won't be publicly released, Anthropic said.
More: Axios, David Shapiro's Substack, The Hacker News, Infosecurity, Ars Technica, and The Indian Express
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Forums: r/popculturechat, r/inthenews, and r/ClaudeAI
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
More: Anthropic, CNBC, and Business Today
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Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/technology, r/technology, and r/BetterOffline
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
More: The Hans India, Reason, Digit, and Axios
X: @pitdesi, @jillfilipovic, @bendreyfuss, @anothercohen, @jakelandauto, @chrisrmcguire, @synthwavedd, @mkobach, @chaykak, @gcolbourn, @kevinroose, @banteg, @gran1te_mtn, @kevinroose, @garywinslett, @noahpinion, @stammy, @alecstapp, @presidentlin, @gcolbourn, @secretsandlaws, and @kevinroose
Forums: r/Anthropic and r/Slovakia
| David Gewirtz / ZDNET: |
| New York Times: |
An investigation suggests Blockstream CEO Adam Back, a British cryptographer who invented Hashcash, is Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto; Back denies the claim — One evening in the fall of 2024, my wife and I were sitting in traffic on the Long Island Expressway when …
More: CoinDesk, TechCrunch, New York Post, Tom's Hardware, Dow Jones Newswires, Dexerto, New York Times, The US Sun, Crypto Briefing, amuse on 𝕏, Bitcoin Magazine, MarketWatch, Proactive, Telegraph, Cointelegraph, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Crypto Basic, Bitcoinist.com, New York Times, Bitcoin News, BBC, and The Block
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Bluesky: @kevincollier, @tonytassell, @katebevan.com, @rusty.todayintabs.com, and @tonytassell. Mastodon: @waldoj@mastodon.social. Forums: r/Bitcoin
| Financial Times: |
An Iranian union official says Iran will demand that shipping companies pay tolls in crypto of $1/barrel of oil for tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz — Country's oil exporters' union says toll to be paid in cryptocurrency and vessels monitored for weapons
More: Decrypt, The Block, CoinDesk, International Business Times, The Hill, The Indian Express, Yahoo Finance, CryptoSlate, Benzinga, Futurism, NewsMax.com, Bitcoin News, ZeroHedge News, CNBC, BTC Times, Bitcoin Magazine, The Guardian, and Crypto Briefing
Forums: Hacker News and r/Buttcoin
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
AI Forensics: in 16 Italian and Spanish Telegram groups, 24K+ men are sharing nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing — In Telegram groups, men are sharing thousands of nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing and sexual abuse.
More: The Economic Times and AI Forensics
Bluesky: @couts, @aiforensics.org, @aiforensics.org, @aiforensics.org, @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com, and @aiforensics.org. Mastodon: @mattburgess@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/anime_titties, r/pwnhub, r/TrueReddit, and Beehaw
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
AWS debuts Amazon S3 Files, a new capability built on Amazon's Elastic File System that lets applications and AI agents access S3 buckets as local file systems — Amazon Web Services is making it possible to access data stored in its S3 cloud storage service as a traditional file system … | Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
FBI: US victims lost nearly $21B to cybercrime in 2025, up 26% YoY, driven by investment scams, business email compromise, tech support fraud, and data breaches — U.S. victims lost nearly $21 billion to cyber-enabled crimes last year, driven primarily by investment scams, business email compromise …
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Z.ai releases GLM-5.1, a 754B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model that it says outperforms GPT-5.4 and Opus 4.6 on SWE-Bench Pro, available under an MIT license — Is China picking back up the open source AI baton? — Z.ai, also known as Zhupai AI, a Chinese AI startup best known for its powerful …
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LinkedIn: Asif Razzaq, Sebastian Ma, and Z.ai
Forums: Hacker News and r/LocalLLaMA
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
The US FDIC proposes a rule to establish a regulatory framework for stablecoin issuers, including requirements involving reserve assets, after the GENIUS Act — Quick Take — The FDIC voted to propose a rule that would set forth standards for stablecoin issuers, including requirements involving reserve assets.
More: The White House, FDIC, CoinDesk, Blockonomi, CryptoNinjas, The Crypto Basic, Cryip, CoinGape, Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, Forbes, Decrypt, and CoinDesk
X: @chadsteingraber and @fdicgov
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Alibaba and China Telecom launch a data center in southern China that is powered by 10,000 of Alibaba's Zhenwu chips designed for AI training and inferencing — Alibaba and China Telecom are launching a data center in southern China powered by the e-commerce giant's own chips …
More: South China Morning Post, Capital Brief, Barron's Online, Quartz, Blockonomi, and Benzinga
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
X rolls out automatic post translation worldwide, powered by xAI's Grok, and updates its iOS image editor with features like drawing, text tools, and blurring — Social media platform X is now rolling out a new feature that automatically translates posts. The company is also launching … | Nikkei Asia: |
RationalFX: tech layoffs totaled 78,557 in Q1 2026, with the US accounting for 76.7%; nearly half were attributed to AI implementation and workflow automation — PALO ALTO, California — The true impact of artificial intelligence on employment is yet to be felt even as the global tech … | Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Sources: Perplexity's estimated ARR rose to $450M+ in March, jumping 50% in a month after the launch of its Computer agent and its shift to usage-based pricing — San Francisco-based start-up surges from push into more complex and potentially more lucrative AI services
More: Proactive, PYMNTS.com, and The Economic Times
| Melia Russell / Business Insider: |
New York-based Patlytics, which builds software for law firms and businesses to automate patent filing and litigation, raised a $40M Series B led by SignalFire — Follow Melia Russell … - Patlytics builds software for law firms and businesses to automate patent filing and litigation.
More: AlleyWatch, Bloomberg Law, FinSMEs, LAW.com, Patlytics, Business Wire, and citybiz
| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Memo: Alibaba Cloud CTO Jingren Zhou will step down as CTO to focus on leading AI models in the new role of chief AI architect; executive Feifei Li becomes CTO — Alibaba Group senior executive Jingren Zhou, who is in charge of AI model development, will stop serving as Alibaba Cloud's chief …
More: South China Morning Post
| Jyoti Mann / The Information: |
Source: Meta shutters an internal, employee-built leaderboard, dubbed Claudeonomics, tracking staff token usage, due to the data “being shared externally” — Meta Platforms has taken down an internal, employee-built leaderboard tracking how many tokens staffers were using.
X: @jyoti_mann1, @gergelyorosz, and @hussain_joe
| Jude Joffe-Block / NPR: |
Letter: ICE officials confirm the agency is using Graphite spyware to intercept encrypted messages, saying it is primarily used to target fentanyl traffickers — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using spyware tools that can intercept encrypted messages as part of the agency's efforts … | Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg: |
TikTok says ad leader Khartoon Weiss is leaving to pursue a new opportunity after nearly six years at the company, the latest high-profile US executive to exit — TikTok advertising leader Khartoon Weiss is leaving the short-form video company, joining a wave of American executives stepping down over the past year.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Patreon says it now has 7.6M paid podcast memberships and revenue generated by podcasters on the platform hit $629M in 2025, up 33% YoY — On Patreon, podcasts have become the largest content category in terms of revenue and they've continued their upward trajectory, says chief operating officer Paige Fitzgerald.| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Asus ROG Xbox Ally review: comfortable design, Xbox Full Screen beats Windows 11, and affordable, but sleep/wake issues, weak display, and average performance — With the Steam Deck OLED in and out of stock, should you consider going the Windows route instead?
More: Tech4Gamers
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