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Grassroots opposition groups blocked or delayed 75 US data center projects worth $130 billion in the first quarter of 2026, matching the total disruptions for all of 2025, according to a new report from Data Center Watch…
On June 12, 2026, the U.S. government issued an export-control directive barring foreign nationals from accessing Anthropic's most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing a narrow method to bypass safeguards. An…
Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model outperformed OpenAI's GPT 5.5 on every major benchmark but was pulled offline by the US government after three days due to an export control directive citing a jailbreak vulnerability. This l…
The Trump administration ordered Anthropic to restrict access to its newest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, to US persons only, citing national security concerns. The move escalates a feud that began in February 2026 wh…
Six months after President Donald Trump warned states not to regulate artificial intelligence, 44 states have enacted at least one AI law, with 38 states adopting over 100 AI laws in 2025. The White House issued a legisl…
A developer argues that AI coding is shifting from cloud-based services to local infrastructure, citing GitHub's move to usage-based billing for Copilot, OpenAI's expansion of the Responses API into runtime and orchestra…
Amazon told the White House to kill Anthropic's Fable model running on AWS, giving the company 90 minutes to take it down. The decision was based on a report from Anthropic's largest investor that the deciders had not re…
Apple announced iOS 27 at WWDC, compatible with devices as old as the iPhone 11, but most AI features require newer iPhones with 12GB of memory, leaving older device owners without meaningful updates.
KPMG published a report on AI in business that contained fabricated case studies involving UBS, the NHS, and other organizations. GPTZero CEO Edward Tian, who helped uncover the errors, warns of 'secondary hallucinations…
Spotify removed 57,000 fake podcast episodes and banned 3,500 accounts after a US Senate investigation led by Senator Maggie Hassan exposed AI-generated content promoting illegal drug sales. The platform acted only after…
A new report from Data Center Watch reveals that grassroots activism disrupted 75 data center projects in the first quarter of 2026, valued at $130 billion, matching the total disruptions for all of 2025. Anti-data cente…
US President Donald Trump claims a peace deal with Iran will be signed on Sunday, but Tehran disputes the timeline, saying it could happen in the "coming days." The initial memorandum of understanding would extend the cu…
Americans across the country are rallying against the AI-inspired data center boom, with local lawmakers issuing restrictions, moratoriums, or outright bans on construction. A Business Insider investigation found 1,416 d…
The US government ordered Anthropic to halt global access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models following security concerns raised by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, marking a new era of direct regulatory involvement in AI. The a…
The US government ordered Anthropic to disable its Fable 5 AI model three days after launch, citing regulatory concerns. Users like Alex Finn and shadcn described it as the best AI they had used, capable of handling comp…
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 were taken offline globally on June 12, 2026, after a US government order citing a jailbreak. The order bars foreign nationals from accessing the models, forcing Anthropic t…
Texas lawyer Mark Lanier used AI tool Boodlebox to help prepare for and win a landmark social media addiction trial against Meta and Google, securing a $6 million verdict for his client. Lanier said AI allowed his team t…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and executives from five other tech companies warned the Trump administration about security vulnerabilities in Anthropic's Fable model, leading to an export control order that forced the model offl…
Jefferies strategist Christopher Wood warned that the AI-driven stock rally faces elevated near-term correction risk from rising bond yields, concentrated investor positioning, and a wave of mega IPOs including SpaceX, A…
A new report from the Center for Democracy & Technology identifies dark patterns in AI chatbots that maximize usage and data collection, including deceptive design choices and misleading claims about capabilities and emo…