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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic says it is disabling Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers after the US government issued an export control order, citing national security concerns — The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 …
More: New York Times, TechCrunch, NBC News, The New Stack, 9to5Mac, Simon Willison's Weblog, Business Insider, Financial Times, Bloomberg Law, CNBC, Marcus on AI, SecurityWeek, and Tech Times
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Bluesky: @masnick.com, @samthielman.com, @faineg, and @isaiahbishop
| Axios: |
Source: the US Commerce Department decided to block foreign persons from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after a company claimed it was able to jailbreak Mythos — The Trump administration is blocking foreign governments, companies and individuals from accessing Anthropic's most advanced AI models.
More: Wall Street Journal. X: @elder_plinius, @tszzl, @miles_brundage, @garymarcus, @mattzeitlin, @deanwball, @mattyglesias, @deanwball, @tszzl, @deanwball, @apples_jimmy, @northead, and @deanwball
Forums: r/neoliberal, r/singularity, and r/accelerate
| Alex Harring / CNBC: |
SpaceX closes up 19% at $160.95 in its debut, with a ~$2.1T market value, after opening at $150, up 11% from its IPO price; Musk becomes the first trillionaire — SpaceX shares soared on Friday, propelling the rocket company's valuation above $2 trillion, as trading commenced on the Nasdaq …
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| Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg: |
Sources: SpaceX decided to rent its Colossus 1 data center to Anthropic after internal teams struggled to use it for Grok development due to latency issues — - Musk's firm struggled with latency issues with Colossus 1 — SpaceX has made AI infrastructure a key part of its IPO pitch
More: The Verge, Inc, and The Next Web
Bluesky: @krisarmstrong1, @jessefelder.com, and @clemens.vasters.com
| Wired: |
Sources detail frustration inside Meta's Applied AI team, formed in March to support Superintelligence Labs, over menial projects, “soul-crushing” work, more — Executives and employees alike are struggling with Meta's chaotic AI strategy, according to sources and internal discussions reviewed by WIRED.
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X: @william_fitz, @alex, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
| Jyoti Mann / The Information: |
Staff memo: Meta plans to limit employee token usage and encourage employees to use MetaCode, after internal AI spending forecasts reached billions for 2026 — Meta Platforms plans to clamp down on skyrocketing AI costs inside the company by imposing limits on employees' token usage …
More: Reuters. X: @amasad, @jason, @p_remarks, @zephyr_z9, @rakeshsfnyc, @jyoti_mann1, @kakashiii111, @bigsnugga, @wongmjane, @garymarcus, @petergostev, @nickwingfield, @amir, @vikhyatk, and @alvinsng
| Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI was subpoenaed on Friday by a coalition of state AGs for documents covering a wide range of its activities and impact on users — Company subpoenaed for documents covering wide range of its activities and impact on users — A coalition of state attorneys general has opened … | Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Crypto-data provider Blockworks says it has acquired its rival Messari; source: Blockworks paid more than $10M for Messari, which was valued at $300M in 2022 — Buyer pays more than $10 million for company valued at around $300 million in 2022 — The crypto-data provider Blockworks …
More: Blockworks, Blockworks, crypto.news, Pulse 2.0, Blockchain.News, Blockonomi, and Bitcoin Magazine
X: @0xcryptosam, @selkis_2028, @blockworks, @0xmetalight, and @eric_turner. LinkedIn: Jason Yanowitz
| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft considered spinning out or restructuring its Xbox unit as a wholly-owned subsidiary, or creating a joint venture with other partners — As Microsoft gets ready to overhaul its struggling Xbox gaming unit, it hasn't ruled out spinning out or restructuring the unit …
More: Reuters, GeekWire, PC Gamer, Aftermath, The American Bazaar, Pure Xbox, Tech Times, Kotaku, Insider Gaming, Comic Book, GamesIndustry.biz, and Windows Central
Forums: r/LastStandMedia, r/gaming, r/xbox, r/kindafunny, and r/consoles
| Yasmin Khorram / Politico: |
The US DOJ approves Paramount's $111B purchase of WBD without forcing divestitures or behavioral remedies; state AGs could still try to block the move — In a statement, the Antitrust Division said its eight-month review “determined based on the evidence received in its investigation …
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X: @danprimack, @bedoyausa, @joycewhitevance, @leehepner, @normeisen, @senwarren, @martinshkreli, @senadamschiff, @chrisvanhollen, @agrobbonta, and @eriqgardner
Bluesky: @marklemley and @emptywheel
Forums: r/MediaMergers, r/boxoffice, r/looneytunes, and Slashdot
| Financial Times: |
KPMG retracts a report on AI's benefits after it has been found to exaggerate AI adoption with case studies that appear to have been based on AI hallucinations — Bogus case studies on UBS and transit systems exaggerated adoption of the technology. A KPMG report on how AI is being used …
More: AI Detection Resources and TechRadar
X: @anneapplebaum, @jodiecongirl, @timharford, @thelincoln, @_jamico, @gtcost, and @jg_nuke
LinkedIn: Nick Baines and Missy Cummings
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Google sues Chinese cybercrime network Outsider Enterprise, accusing it of using Gemini to create fake websites and scam hundreds of thousands of Americans — Google warned that artificial intelligence had supercharged the problem of online scams.Andria Lo for The New York Times| Luc Cohen / Reuters: |
Sam Bankman-Fried loses his bid to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence over the collapse of FTX — Sam Bankman-Fried lost on Friday his bid to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence over the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded.
More: Associated Press, Forbes, Financial Times, NullTX, International Business Times, NewsMax.com, Reuters, and Courthouse News Service
X: @cryptoparadyme and @jebus
Forums: r/goodnews and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Roku is in talks to sell itself; its shares have risen about 24% this year, giving the company a market value of $19.9B; ROKU jumps 20%+ after hours — Roku Inc., the streaming video platform, is in talks to sell itself, people with knowledge of the matter said.
More: Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Barron's Online, Variety, The Wrap, Redmond Pie, Reuters, and The Information
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
A Ukrainian extradited from Ireland to the US pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in Conti ransomware attacks between 2021 and 2022 — A Ukrainian national extradited from Ireland to the United States last year has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges tied to the Conti ransomware operation.
More: CyberScoop and US Department of Justice
| Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: |
Moonshot AI releases Kimi K2.7-Code, claiming 30% lower reasoning token usage compared to K2.6, available under a modified MIT license — Moonshot AI released Kimi K2.7-Code this week, an open-source update to its K2 coding model family, claiming leaner reasoning and double-digit performance gains.
X: @elliotarledge, @vllm_project, @kimi_moonshot, @xeophon, @matthewberman, @kimmonismus, @zephyr_z9, and @teortaxestex. Forums: r/opencodeCLI
| Vanity Fair: |
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