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US Government Orders Blocking of Anthropic’s Advanced AI Models The US government has directed Anthropic to prevent all foreign nationals from accessing its latest powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, over national security concerns. In response, the company temporarily suspended access to both models for users worldwide, including its own employees. The order from the Commerce Department came just days after Fable 5 was released to the public on June 9. Anthropic says it disagrees with the broad scope of the directive but is working with officials to resolve the issue and restore access quickly. Older Claude models remain available to everyone. 🔗 Read more

💰 Musk Becomes World's First Trillionaire Elon Musk's startup SpaceX went public. The company placed 555,555,555 shares at $135 price for each, raising $75 billion and reaching a market cap of $1.77 trillion. It instantly became the world's eighth-most-valuable public corporation. Trading in SpaceX shares on Nasdaq began at $150 per share. According to the Washington Post, thanks to this, Elon Musk's fortune should exceed $1 trillion.

Theoretically, if Musk spends $1 million a day, his current wealth would last about 2,700 years.

New Technique Lets Websites Track Your Browsing and Apps via SSD Researchers at Graz University of Technology in Austria have discovered a clever new way for websites to track which other sites users visit and which apps they run all without installing malware. The method, called FROST, works entirely through a web browser using standard JavaScript. It measures tiny timing differences in how a device’s solid-state drive responds when different programs access it, then uses a neural network to identify patterns with up to 96% accuracy for apps and 89% for websites on some systems. The attack requires a malicious tab to stay open and works best on macOS devices. While it has limitations and cannot spy in real time, it exposes a surprising privacy risks from everyday browser features. 🔗 Read more

Air Canada Pilot Flew 17 Years Without Proper License A former Air Canada pilot has been arrested after allegedly flying more than 900 commercial flights without the required captain’s license for nearly 17 years. Geoffrey Wall, 59, served as captain on Boeing 767, 777, and 787 aircraft from 2009 to 2025, carrying tens of thousands of passengers. Authorities say he used forged documents and never completed the necessary exams after his promotion. The fraud came to light during a routine check at Toronto Pearson Airport. Air Canada insists safety was never at risk because Wall passed regular flight tests and training. He now faces multiple criminal charges including fraud and forgery. 🔗 Read more

Anthropic Launches Powerful New AI Model Claude Fable 5 Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5, a major new AI model now available to regular users for the first time. Based on the company's advanced Mythos technology, Fable 5 excels at handling complex, long tasks like advanced coding, research, and multi-step projects. It comes with built-in safety features that redirect risky questions about areas like cybersecurity or biology to older, less capable models. According to benchmarks, Fable significantly outperforms other frontier models, with its lead increasing on longer and more complex tasks. Paid subscribers can try Fable on Claude.ai 🔗 Read more

🚨 Siri Is Now Siri AI It has been fully switched to LLM, understands speech, text, and images, and "lives" in Dynamic Island. ✅ The assistant will offer hints right in push notifications (for example, suggesting directions or summarizing messages). ✅ Siri acts like a full agent. It can analyze what's on the screen, find photos from trips, create notes, or plan routes right during the conversation. ✅ The voice has become more natural. You can fine-tune the pitch, timbre, and speed of the assistant's voice.

Nvidia CEO Dreams of Dying on the Job In an interview with CNA, Jensen Huang said he wants to work as long as possible, and dying on the job would be "a dream come true." He can't imagine a more meaningful life. On top of that, both of his children work at Nvidia—he gets to see them every day and couldn't be prouder. 💰 In another recent appearance, Huang said Taiwanese parents are tough on their kids. "I'm 63, and they still think I'm not good enough," says Huang, ranked #8 on the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people, with a net worth of around $180B. 🔄 And yet, he runs his own company much the same way: always critical of everyone's work, so he can help them get better.

🚨 A new "more capable and scalable system for synthesizing memory" is being rolled out to ChatGPT Plus and Pro users in the US.

From the memory summary, you can quickly glean the highlights of what ChatGPT knows about you. This update will roll out to additional countries and Free and Go users over the coming weeks.

Trump Signs Order for Early Government Access to Advanced AI President Donald Trump has signed an executive order encouraging major AI companies to give the U.S. government early access to their most powerful AI models before public release. The order creates a voluntary program allowing up to 30 days of review for national security risks, such as potential cyber threats. Major AI companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are expected to be primary participants. 🔗 Read more

Anthropic Confidentially Files for IPO Anthropic, the company that created the popular AI chatbot Claude, has quietly filed papers with U.S. regulators as it prepares to go public. This confidential filing on June 1 marks an important move for the fast-growing artificial intelligence firm. Anthropic was founded in 2021 by former OpenAI executives. The company recently raised $65 billion from investors, boosting its value to nearly $965 billion. It now earns strong revenue from businesses using its technology for tasks like writing code and research. If successful, Anthropic’s public listing could become one of the biggest in tech history. 🔗 Read more

Alphabet Plans to Release Millions of Lab-Bred Mosquitoes Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is preparing to release up to 32 million lab-bred mosquitoes across parts of California and Florida in the coming years. The effort is led by Verily, Alphabet’s life sciences division, and uses a smart biological approach. Male mosquitoes are treated with Wolbachia bacteria so that when they mate with wild females, the eggs do not hatch. This gradually reduces populations of dangerous mosquitoes that carry diseases like dengue, Zika, and yellow fever. Importantly, only non-biting males are released. The project builds on earlier successful trials that cut mosquito numbers by more than 95% in test areas. It uses AI and robotics for precise breeding and deployment as a cleaner alternative to chemical sprays. 🔗 Read More

YouTube Added Gemini-Powered Custom Feed to Home Page YouTube has introduced a "new way to shape your discovery experience." You can now generate a constantly refreshing custom feed using a prompt. You can also edit the prompt to change your custom feed at any time. This is currently rolling out to signed-in viewers on the mobile app and desktop in the U.S. Your YouTube search and watch history must be turned on for this.

EU Slaps Temu with €200 Million Fine Over Unsafe Products The European Union has hit Chinese e-commerce platform Temu with a €200 million fine for failing to prevent the sale of illegal and dangerous products to European customers. Regulators say Temu did not properly assess risks under the Digital Services Act, allowing items like unsafe baby toys with choking hazards and faulty electrical chargers to reach buyers. Temu, which serves over 92 million monthly users in Europe, was accused of letting its algorithms push risky goods as well. Temu now has until late August to present a clear plan to strengthen its controls, or it could face even bigger fines later. 🔗 Read more

Google Engineer Arrested for $1.2 Million Polymarket Insider Trading A Google security engineer was arrested this week for allegedly using confidential company data to win more than $1.2 million on the prediction platform Polymarket. Michele Spagnuolo, a 36-year-old Italian citizen who worked at Google for over 12 years, is accused of betting on the company’s “Year in Search 2025” results using non-public information. Operating under the username “AlphaRaccoon,” he placed 25 bets between October and December 2025, correctly predicting top searched names like singer d4vd, Pope Leo XIV, and Donald Trump. Federal prosecutors say Spagnuolo risked over $2.7 million and profited once Google released the official results in December. He now faces charges of commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. 🔗 Read more

Ferrari Unveils Its First Electric Car, the Luce Ferrari made history yesterday in Rome by revealing the Luce, its long-awaited first fully electric vehicle. The sleek new model aims to bring the brand's signature thrill into the EV world while staying true to its Italian roots. The Luce departs from traditional Ferrari styling with a more spacious, five-seat layout and four doors. Under the hood, four electric motors deliver over 1,050 horsepower enabling acceleration from 0 to 62 mph in approximately 2.5 seconds. The Luce is priced around $640,000. 🔗 Read more

Microsoft is phasing out SMS codes for signing into personal Microsoft/Xbox accounts Since SMS-based authentication is a leading source of fraud, Microsoft believes that passwordless accounts (Microsoft Authenticator), passkeys and verified email are more secure. All personal account holders will now be prompted with "Sign in faster with your face, fingerprint, or PIN." 🔗 Read More

OpenAI Launches Free Public Tool to Detect AI-Generated Images OpenAI has officially released a new, free verification tool designed to help the public identify AI-generated deepfakes. The system analyzes uploaded images for invisible "SynthID" watermarks and metadata to determine if they were created using ChatGPT or OpenAI's internal models. and it is available without any login. 🔗 Read More

Samsung Faces Internal Crisis Over Unequal AI Profit Distribution Samsung Electronics is facing severe internal friction over how to distribute the massive profits from the AI semiconductor boom. The company narrowly avoided the largest strike in its history after memory chip employees were offered jaw-dropping performance bonuses averaging $340,000 (600% of their salary), while workers in non-AI divisions were offered as little as $4,000. To protect global chip supply chains, Samsung has negotiated a tentative 10-year program sharing 12% of semiconductor profits. 🔗 Read More

🎮 Grand Theft Auto VI Will Launch on November 19 Take-Two Interactive has officially announced the long-awaited release date for GTA VI. CEO Strauss Zelnick also said the game’s marketing campaign will begin this summer. The game has already been delayed twice. It was originally planned for release last fall, then moved to May. Developers now say there will be no more delays. According to company forecasts, GTA VI could generate around $8 billion in revenue. 🔗 Read More