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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 …
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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.
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Luta Security CEO says US government restrictions on Mythos follow a jailbreak report by Amazon researchers and calls the restrictions a “complete overreaction”  —  The Trump administration is banning foreign governments, companies and individuals from using Anthropic's …
Ananya Palyekar / Reuters:
Anthropic says it believes the US government's export control order for Mythos 5 and Fable 5 is a “misunderstanding” and that it is working to restore access  —  Anthropic said on Friday it has been ordered by the U.S. government to suspend access for all foreign nationals …
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.
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
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Michael Peel / Financial Times:
After years of false dawns, Big Tech, startups, and governments are betting on commercially useful quantum computers by 2030, as skeptics worry about hype  —  Companies are betting on big implications for pharmaceuticals, financial services and crypto.  But sceptics worry about hype.
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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LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski, Lenny Mendonca, Charles M. C. Lee, and Jamie Kitman
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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 …

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