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June 10, 2026, 3:25 AM

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Wired:
Anthropic debuts Claude Fable 5, a “safe” Mythos-class model it says can't be used for cyberattacks, to the public, and Claude Mythos 5 to trusted organizations  —  Anthropic is releasing Claude Mythos 5 to trusted organizations and Claude Fable 5 to the public, a version it says can't be used for cyberattacks.
Anthropic:
Anthropic says Claude Fable 5 uses conservative safety classifiers that trigger a fallback to Claude Opus 4.8 in <5% of sessions, in areas like cybersecurity  —  Today we're launching Claude Fable 5: a Mythos-class1 model that we've made safe for general use.
Matthias Bastian / The Decoder:
Anthropic says Fable 5 has invisible safeguards that use prompt modification, steering vectors, or PEFT to limit its effectiveness for building frontier LLMs  —  Key Points … Ask about this article...  Both models share the same base model.  Fable 5 ships with conservative safety guardrails for general use.
Derek B. Johnson / CyberScoop:
Anthropic says red team tests of Fable 5 found no universal jailbreaks, and it will keep first- and third-party user traffic on Mythos-class models for 30 days  —  Claude Fable 5 offers Mythos-level performance for most tasks with safeguards on sensitive topics.  Anthropic claims testing found no universal jailbreaks.
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Wall Street Journal:
Kalshi plans to require users seeking to make bets in some markets linked to material nonpublic information to submit an online form disclosing where they work  —  The popular predictions market is putting new guardrails in place for certain bets as concerns about suspicious activity rise
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Google releases Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, its latest audio model that it says can deliver “near real-time speech-to-speech translation in over 70 languages”  —  Gemini 3.5 Live Translate is our latest audio model, delivering near real-time speech-to-speech translation in over 70 languages.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Microsoft's June 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes a record ~200 Windows security flaws, nearly three dozen of them critical, amid growing use of AI to find bugs  —  Microsoft today released software updates to plug nearly 200 security holes across its Windows operating systems and supported software …
Greg Kim / The Seattle Times:
Seattle City Council votes 9-0 to enact a one-year moratorium on new large data centers and study their impact; Mayor Katie Wilson is expected to sign the bill  —  Amid a growing backlash to artificial intelligence, Seattle City Council voted 9- on Tuesday to enact a one-year moratorium …
Reuters:
Analysis: Trump and his sons profited $2.3B+ from four crypto ventures including $TRUMP since January 2025, while other investors in those projects lost ~$2.3B  —  Risking little of their own money, the US president and his sons have added at least $2.3 billion to the family fortune …
Bloomberg:
ASML's stock is up 64% YTD, but trails the broader US chip sector as the industry focuses spending on processes outside of lithography like advanced packaging  —  ASML Holding NV's ascent to fresh record highs has been a highlight for European markets, yet it's done little to improve …
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Trump administration officials have told CAISI to halt publication of its model assessments while an EO President Trump signed last week is implemented  —  Unit's future was thrown into doubt after its public work was halted despite winning praise from AI developers
Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
Nintendo's shares fell as much as 8.2% Wednesday morning in Tokyo after its 2026 Game Showcase came up short on new titles from major franchises such as Mario  —  Nintendo Co.'s shares fell by the most in a month after the game maker's presentation of upcoming games came up short on brand …
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Bloomberg:
The crackdown on online scam centers in Cambodia is leading some gangs to relocate to Sri Lanka, where authorities say they have arrested 1,000+ people in 2026  —  The crackdown on scam compounds in Cambodia is leading some gangs to relocate to beach resorts and office buildings in Sri Lanka …
Davis Giangiulio / CNBC:
Edge Markets, which provides banking tools for gambling and prediction markets, including real-time payments on Kalshi, raised a $29.2M Series A led by CoinFund  —  As prediction market volumes continue to march higher and platforms increasingly look to institutional players to engage …
Michael Peel / Financial Times:
The EU warns that AI-boosted chemical synthesis is helping European drug gangs develop new “designer” drug precursors that evade existing product blacklists  —  EU agency chief warns traffickers are tapping new technologies to develop and deliver illegal substances
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Meta plans to expand using off-platform data, such as online purchases, to personalize content feeds and AI responses; it was previously used just to serve ads  —  Beginning in July, you may start seeing content related to the games you've played, your online purchases, and more across your feeds.
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
Apple says Siri AI will not be available in the EU with the launch of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 due to the DMA; Siri AI will also not be available in China at launch  —  The new enhanced Siri AI features that Apple announced today at WWDC 2026 will not be available in the European Union or in China …
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