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Anthropic to meet White House over AI tool suspension
Anthropic executives will meet with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Monday over the government's suspension of its latest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, following national security concerns
Anthropic Disables Fable 5, Mythos 5 After US Export Order
Anthropic disabled its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all customers after the Trump administration issued an export control order, with a White House official saying the company 'screwed us' for f
Fox to Buy Roku for $22B in Largest Deal Yet
Fox Corporation announced it is acquiring streaming platform Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at roughly $22 billion, its largest acquisition to date, gaining access to more than 100 million strea
Cybersecurity vets urge US to lift Anthropic model
Seventy-six cybersecurity experts, including prominent industry veterans, published an open letter demanding the U.S. government lift its export control order on Anthropic's Fable and Mythos AI models
Sarvam AI Hits $1.5B Valuation in $234M Round
Indian generative AI startup Sarvam raised $234M in the first close of a $300M Series B at a $1.5B valuation, with IT services major HCLTech acquiring a 10.5% stake for approximately $150M in cash.
HN: Local 30B Coding Models Usable, Still Trail Claude
Hacker News users testing local LLMs as Claude Code replacements report that 30B-parameter models handle well-scoped coding tasks well, but matching frontier quality still demands 128GB+ setups whose
Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6B
Salesforce will acquire AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion, folding its multi-channel agent technology and team into Salesforce's Agentforce enterprise AI platform. The deal, expected t
1Password acquires Apono for $250M–$300M
Password management giant 1Password is acquiring AI cloud-access startup Apono in a $250M–$300M deal as it pushes beyond passwords into access governance.
Anthropic Staff Rush to DC as White House Fumes
A White House official said Anthropic "screwed us" for failing to "honor" a cyber executive order, as top Anthropic staff rushed to Washington to negotiate a truce over U.S. restrictions on its Fable
Sarvam becomes India’s newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech
Bengaluru-based Sarvam raised $234 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, becoming India's newest AI unicorn. The round, led by HCLTech with $150 million, targets a total $300 million Series B as India
Anthropic Sends Staff to D.C. Over AI Export Ban
Anthropic dispatched senior engineers to Washington to negotiate with the White House over a U.S. export ban on its high‑performance AI models Mythos and Fable.
Anthropic's Safety Superpower
The U.S. government has forced Anthropic to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers over a reported jailbreak, prompting Anthropic to dispatch senior staff to Washington to contest what it call
Chinese Open-Source AI Is Powering US Labs, Not
Former Hugging Face Asia-Pacific head Tiezhen Wang argues Chinese open-source AI models are helping rather than competing with US labs, noting DeepSeek's reinforcement learning algorithm is becoming a
Anthropic Takes Mythos, Fable Offline Amid Trump Clash
Anthropic pulled its most powerful AI models — Mythos and Fable — offline after the Trump administration imposed stringent export controls, following a clash triggered by Amazon's jailbreak warning an
The AI layoff wave is becoming a powder keg
Tech companies have laid off nearly 150,000 workers this year while citing AI as the cause — but skeptics including Marc Andreessen call it a 'silver bullet excuse' for pandemic-era overhiring, as AI
Dalus (YC W25) Hires Senior Engineer in Germany
Dalus, a YC W25 startup building AI-powered hardware system design software for rockets, satellites, EVs, and defense, is hiring a senior software engineer in Germany to own its frontend end-to-end.
Eric Trump calls UFC rigging screenshots AI fakes
Eric Trump denied authenticity of screenshots that appeared to show him asking UFC commentator Daniel Cormier about rigged fights ahead of a White House UFC event, calling them 'AI-generated' fabricat
Google Teases Pixel Drop With Screen Reactions, Gemini Omni
Google is previewing its next Pixel Drop through Amazon-hosted ads that showcase Screen Reactions and Gemini Omni music and video generation features, with the rollout expected imminently on the compa
Anthropic sends staff to D.C. to resolve model dispute
Anthropic has dispatched senior technical staff to Washington to meet with White House officials and resolve a dispute that resulted in sweeping export controls on its most powerful AI models, Mythos
Gurman: Apple to Build OpenClaw-Like AI Agent
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman predicts Apple will eventually build its own OpenClaw-style AI agent that autonomously operates across iPhones, iPads, and Macs, potentially bundling it into Apple One.
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