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June 14, 2026, 1:45 AM

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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 …

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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.

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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 …

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Nathan Rennolds / Associated Press:

European political figures say Anthropic disabling access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 is a “wake-up call” about the risks of depending on the US for AI tech — Anthropic said it believed the US government had become aware of a potential means of jailbreaking Fable 5.

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Politico:

US officials: the Trump administration's decision to impose export controls on Anthropic followed multiple tense calls between Dario Amodei and admin officials — The administration's imposition of export controls forced Anthropic to pull its new AI model, Fable, just days after it was released to the public.

More: New York Times and Cointelegraph

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Leo Schwartz / The Information:

Source: the White House is unlikely to extend export restrictions to other AI companies — The White House is unlikely to extend export restrictions on Anthropic's advanced models to other AI companies, an official close to the U.S. government said Saturday.

More: Axios, The Asia Business Daily, Sky News, and Pathfounders

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Reed Albergotti / Semafor:

Source: the White House imposed export controls on Mythos partly over suspicions a China-linked group had accessed it — THE SCOOP — The White House imposed export controls on Anthropic's powerful Mythos AI model partly over suspicions that a China-linked group had accessed it, a person familiar with the matter said.

More: Los Angeles Times, Washington Examiner, The Economic Times, Forbes, Techstrong.ai, Fortune India, and The Indian Express

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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Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:

US export controls on Anthropic reignite debate in India over the country's AI ambitions, which are increasingly tied to tech developed and governed in the US — Anthropic's sudden move to suspend access to its newest AI models following a U.S. government directive has raised fresh questions across the global technology industry.

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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

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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

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Robert Armstrong / Financial Times:

How the AI boom is revolutionizing US stock markets, as hyperscalers cut buybacks and boost capex, including Alphabet's planned ~$85B in equity offerings for AI — Big Tech no longer prints money; it needs it. What will that mean when confidence dips? Artificial intelligence will change …

Financial Times:

Companies are grappling with whether and how to curb employee wagers on prediction markets that may use confidential info, as platforms tighten their own rules — Companies are grappling with whether and how to rein in employee wagers that could use confidential information

More: Wall Street Journal

Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says memory is now the costliest phone component, accounting for 50%+ of BOM in some models, and predicts phone prices will rise into 2027 — With RAM getting more expensive, Carl Pei says holiday discounts probably won't be the same this year.

More: Android Authority, PCMag, and Trak.in

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Casey Newton / Platformer:

Q&A with labor researcher Molly Kinder on her recent, widely discussed “Messy Middle” essay on AI-driven disruption of knowledge jobs and how to address it — Brookings Institution researcher Molly Kinder on why she's leaving her job to create solution for AI's “messy middle.”

More: New York Times and Casey Newton on YouTube

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Allan Smith / NBC News:

Report: opponents blocked or delayed at least 75 US data center projects in Q1 2026 worth ~$130B; data center opposition groups doubled to 833 across 49 states — The authors found that data center opponents blocked or delayed at least 75 projects nationwide from January through March.

More: Breitbart and Tom's Hardware

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An interview with Corning CEO Wendell Weeks on risk-sharing provisions that protect the company in multibillion-dollar fiber deals with Nvidia, Meta, and Amazon

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Huawei unveils HarmonyOS 7, introducing an “agent-friendly” architecture that connects to 2,000+ specialized AI agents and features an enhanced voice assistant

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