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June 13, 2026, 2:35 PM

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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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The Information:
Sources: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is among tech leaders who raised concerns with Trump officials about Mythos 5, setting in motion new export restrictions  —  Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was among the tech leaders who raised concerns to senior Trump administration officials this week about security risks …
David Sacks / @davidsacks:
David Sacks says Dario Amodei refused to “fix the jailbreak or de-deploy the model” after “a highly credible trusted partner” reported a Fable jailbreak  —  I've had a number of conversations with folks inside and outside government about the current situation with Anthropic, and here is what I believe to be true: — As we know, Anthropic publicly released its Mythos class models earlier this week under the commercial name Fable.
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 …
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.
New York Times:
US barring foreign nationals, including Anthropic staffers in the US, from using Fable 5 and Mythos 5 marks a new phase in the US trying to control Anthropic  —  The company said on Friday night that the federal government had ordered limits on its Mythos and Fable 5 A.I. systems, citing national security concerns.
Ananya Palyekar / Reuters:
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.
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 …
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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