Happy Monday.
Anthropic’s wild two-month timeline:
April 7: Mythos Preview arrives through Project Glasswing
June 9: Fable 5 launches as the public, guarded version of Mythos-class capabilities
June 12: Fable 5 and Mythos 5 are suspended after a US export-control directive
June 14: Anthropic sends senior technical staff to Washington to work through the fallout
Enjoy today's news.
Anthropic disables Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after a US government export order, saying all other Claude models remain online.
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Salesforce acquires Fin (formerly known as Intercom) for $3.6B, adding the company to its Agentforce platform.
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Fox buys Roku for $22B, combining its live sports and news business with Roku’s streaming platform.
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UK government will ban users under 16 from major social media apps starting spring 2027, using age assurance tech like facial recognition or ID checks.
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Google Earth launches flight simulator on the web for all users.
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China’s universities cut 12,000 degree programs, swapping arts, languages, and management for AI fields like embodied intelligence.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posts: A frontier without an ecosystem is not stable, on how companies can compound human capital and “token capital” together.
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Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham posts: How to earn a billion dollars.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. Prompt of the day 😂
