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June 11, 2026, 2:20 AM
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Dario Amodei:
An essay on policy responses to AI's exponential progress across regulation and public safety, macroeconomics and taxes, science, civil liberties, geopolitics  —  In one of the side plots to The Lord of the Rings, two of the Hobbits attempt to rouse Treebeard—a wise but ponderous sentient tree …
Anthropic:
Anthropic releases two policy proposals on how governments should address catastrophic risks and manage labor market disruption from advanced AI systems  —  AI is advancing at exponential speed, and the policymaking process was built for a slower world.  —  We are sharing two policy proposals to prepare for AI progress.
Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Anthropic backtracks on a policy limiting Claude Fable 5's ability to develop other AI models, after significant backlash from the AI research community  —  The company changed course after researchers spoke out against the policy, which would have covertly limited Claude's ability to develop competing AI models.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Cybersecurity researchers complain that Claude Fable's guardrails are too strict, rejecting “innocuous tasks” like reading blog posts or performing code reviews  —  Anthropic released its latest model Fable on Tuesday, billing it as a public and limited version of its powerful and much-hyped cybersecurity model Mythos.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sources: Microsoft is restricting employees from using Claude Fable 5 because of Anthropic's new 30-day data retention requirements
Dean W. Ball / @deanwball:
Anthropic secretly limiting Claude's usefulness for LLM development strengthens the argument that Anthropic is using AI safety to justify monopolistic behavior
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Microsoft's Xbox division is planning major layoffs next month and significant budget cuts for marketing and some other areas  —  Asha Sharma's first major cuts will arrive in July  —  Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox division is planning major job cuts next month as new Chief Executive …
The Verge:
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty warn of an “Xbox reset” in the next 100 days, citing challenges like annual revenue down ~$500M over the past five years
A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
The FBI seizes 13 domains allegedly tied to fake consulting firms that sought information from US government and military employees for suspected Chinese agents  —  Federal authorities announced on Wednesday the seizure of 13 internet domains tied to what the U.S. Justice Department called …
The Keyword:
Google introduces DiffusionGemma, an experimental 26B-parameter open model that uses text diffusion for faster text generation compared to autoregressive models  —  Our newest open experimental model delivers up to 4x faster inference on dedicated GPUs and opens the door to exploring speed-critical, interactive local workflows.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI is considering drastically lowering its price for tokens in anticipation of similar cuts the company expects at Anthropic  —  The company might lower prices for tokens, the central unit for gauging AI costs, though the discussions are still in flux
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Instagram expands Your Algorithm to its main feed, letting users choose topics they want to see, and is working to support requests for people, moods, and more  —  Adam Mosseri wants AI to give users a sense of control over recommendations.  —  Instagram is going to let you tweak …
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
CISA shortens the deadline for US agencies to fix the most critical vulnerabilities in their networks to three days, citing hackers' use of AI  —  The U.S. cyber defense agency said on Wednesday that government officials now have three days to deal with the most serious categories …
Juby Babu / Reuters:
Oracle reports Q4 revenue up 21% YoY to $19.18B, vs. $19.1B est., and expects to raise ~$40B in debt and equity in FY 2027; ORCL drops 10%+ after hours  —  Oracle (ORCL.N) reported fourth-quarter revenue that narrowly beat Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, amid growing concerns …
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
Sources: Sam Altman told staff that OpenAI is expected to go public “within the next year” and OpenAI plans a tender offer “very soon” at a $687.69 share price  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told staff in a Slack message on Monday that he expects OpenAI to go public …
Maria Cheng / Reuters:
Canada introduces the Safe Social Media Act, a bill that would ban social media for children under 16 and establish safety standards for AI chatbots  —  The Canadian government introduced a new digital safety bill on Wednesday that would ban social media for children under 16 with exemptions …
Sam Sabin / Axios:
OpenAI says it has banned China-linked accounts that used ChatGPT to draft social media influence campaigns targeting US debates over tariffs and data centers  —  OpenAI has banned China-linked accounts that used ChatGPT to draft social media influence campaigns targeting U.S. debates …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Alibaba replaces DingTalk CEO Chen Hang with Chen Yusen after an internal debate over the enterprise communication app's role in Alibaba's AI strategy  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has replaced the head of its Dingtalk app, making a high-profile leadership change after an internal debate erupted …
The Texas Tribune:
Letter: Texas Governor Greg Abbott released regulatory recommendations for state lawmakers to ensure that data centers shoulder the costs of their growth  —  The recommendations for legislative action amount to a striking call for industry regulation by the Republican governor in a state …
Laurie Chen / Reuters:
Chinese companies are implementing “quiet” AI-driven layoffs to avoid labor laws that require government approval for job cuts exceeding 10% of a workforce  —  Liu, a Hangzhou-based contractor at a large Chinese internet firm, says her employer began quietly firing contractors …
Dylan Tokar / Wall Street Journal:
The CFTC proposes prediction market rules, seeking the ability to ban bets it finds aren't in the public interest or may be highly susceptible to manipulation  —  The CFTC provided clearer parameters around what bets are allowed on Kalshi and other platforms, but won't ban certain contracts
Financial Times:
Analysis: Conservative and Reform UK MPs have increased their volume of posts on X since Elon Musk's takeover, while center-left politicians have reduced theirs  —  Majority of Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians are on alternative social media platform Bluesky, report shows
J.D. Capelouto / Semafor:
Google Quantum AI COO says the company declined funding from the $2B Trump administration grant because “conditions” attached would have slowed its work  —  Google didn't take funding from the Trump administration for quantum computing because of “conditions” …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Sea's Shopee is cutting hundreds of developer jobs globally; the reductions started this week and amount to about 8% of Shopee's developer workforce  —  Sea Ltd.'s Shopee is cutting hundreds of developer jobs globally, joining rivals across the world in slashing staff while they adopt AI …

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Reuters:
Sources: Nick Bilton hired TV production consultant Kelly Funke, to help manage his 60 Minutes transition, and a 24-year-old operations manager, Nick De Lucca

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
WSJ asks a judge to toss out Trump's revised defamation lawsuit over its Jeffrey Epstein letter story, saying it is a “re-package” of claims already dismissed

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Fubo and NBCUniversal reach a deal ending a months-long blackout, with NBCU's Spanish-language networks available Wednesday, English-language networks later

More News

Moneycontrol:
Opendoor says it is shutting down its India operations and laying off nearly 250 employees, replacing them with smaller, AI-enabled teams in the US
Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
OpenAI and Visa partner to let AI agents make purchases online after users give their permission and to explore enterprise applications for AI-driven payments
Sarah Guo:
As AI commoditizes benchmarkable work, an organization's lasting moats lie in tasks that are verifiable through its private data and judgment
Bloomberg:
Dario Amodei says he doesn't know what role Claude played in a missile strike on an Iranian school, and its use in this instance didn't violate Anthropic's ToS

Earlier Picks

Financial Times:
Sources: Germany's Neura Robotics, which builds AI-powered humanoid robots, raised $1.4B from Tether, Qualcomm, Amazon, Nvidia, and others at a ~$7B valuation
Matthias Bastian / The Decoder:
A German court rules that Google is directly liable for what AI Overviews say after AI Overviews falsely tied two publishers to shady business practices
Reuters:
Sources: SpaceX has drawn $250B+ of investor demand for what is poised to be the largest IPO to date, far beyond the $75B that SpaceX is aiming to raise
Meta Newsroom:
Meta partners with Reliance to lease its first AI data center in India, with 168 MW capacity, and says it contracted nearly 1 GW of renewable energy in India
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