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The US Commerce Department lifted export controls on Anthropic's Mythos and Fable AI models on Tuesday, allowing Claude users to regain access. The restrictions were imposed on June 12 due to national security concerns, …
The US Commerce Department lifted export restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos 5 and Fable 5 AI models, allowing the company to restore customer access starting July 1. The ban was imposed after concerns about jailbreak vul…
California Democrats approved a $1.5 billion tax hike on private health insurance as part of the 2026–27 state budget, a move expected to raise premiums for privately insured residents to preserve federal Medi-Cal fundin…
Anthropic announced the US commerce department lifted export controls on its Fable and Mythos AI models, less than three weeks after the company was ordered to suspend access over national security risks. The company wil…
CIA Director John Ratcliffe compared cutting-edge AI models to nuclear weapons, defending the U.S. government's recent export controls on frontier AI technology. The Trump administration forced Anthropic to restrict acce…
CIA Director John Ratcliffe compared frontier AI capabilities to digital nuclear weapons at the AWS Summit, prompting heightened regulatory scrutiny. The U.S. government imposed export controls on June 12, forcing Anthro…
South Korea's industry ministry denied rumors that the government plans to establish a think tank to utilize chipmakers' profits from the AI boom, calling the claims false and threatening legal action against misinformat…
South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources denied rumors that it urged Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to form a government-led think tank for channeling chipmaker profits, calling the reports 'completely f…
The United States lifted restrictions on Anthropic's Mythos 5 AI model, allowing over 100 trusted partners including U.S. companies and federal agencies to access the cybersecurity-focused frontier AI. The move reverses …
Microsoft released a report on AI diffusion across the United States, analyzing adoption trends and economic impacts. The study highlights varying levels of AI integration across industries and regions, emphasizing the n…
UpDoc debuted the first FDA-cleared patient-facing clinical LLM on June 25, 2026, for insulin management in type 2 diabetes. The device, cleared via 510(k) K253281, provides voice or text insulin titration guidance and i…
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors postponed a vote on a 362-page AI-assisted city code rewrite after concerns that the proposal was too broad and unclear. Supervisor Myrna Melgar used AI tool Claude to understand th…
The U.S. Department of Commerce lifted export controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, restoring access for over 100 U.S. organizations. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick determined safeguards are in p…
A new study by fraud-prevention firm Riskified found that 61.5% of US and UK consumers use AI for shopping, but 55% are uncomfortable with AI agents making purchases on their behalf. Half of consumers believe the AI plat…
The US government lifted export restrictions on Anthropic's latest AI models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, after more than two weeks. The restrictions had blocked access to the models, which are capable of identifying software …
Unit 42 researchers discovered that large language models consistently hallucinate web domains for legitimate brands, a phenomenon called phantom squatting. Adversaries are registering these nonexistent domains to interc…
Meta announced rate limits on its smart glasses' Conversation Focus feature, restricting free use to three hours per month and requiring a $19.99 monthly subscription for extended access, despite the feature running on-d…
Phoronix reported that Q2 2025 featured 872 news articles and 54 hardware reviews, with top stories including Linux kernel optimizations, NVIDIA Vera CPU, Intel Arc Pro B70, and AI/LLM impacts. Popular items covered Post…
Anthropic will restore access to Claude Fable 5 on July 1 after the US Department of Commerce lifted export control restrictions. The move follows a nearly two-week suspension triggered by concerns over the model's poten…
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 AI model is returning online after the Department of Commerce lifted export controls, following negotiations with the Trump administration. The move restores access to the consumer-facing AI to…