Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic’s export ban drags on

New models are launching in Asia that promise Mythos-like capabilities without fear of an export ban. U.S. AI labs may never recover this enormous market.

Trump Admin releases Anthropic Mythos to be used by more than 100 US companies, agencies

Over 100 companies and government agencies are reportedly authorized to use Mythos 5, including their non-American employees.

Corgi, the buzzy Y Combinator-backed insurance tech startup, says it didn’t steal an open source product

Corgi became embroiled in controversy when Papermark accused it of stealing its software. Corgi says it did not, raising new questions about vibe coding.

Russian hackers were behind $2.5 billion hack of Jaguar Land Rover: Report

The hack on car giant Jaguar Land Rover last year was one the most disrupting, damaging, and costly hacks of the last few years.

It’s not about Anthropic vs. OpenAI anymore

AI models have progressed to the point where their capabilities have real political consequences. Dealing with those consequences will require collective action.

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The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns

penAI reportedly plans to share its newest model, GPT 5.6, with a select group of partners instead of to the broader public. The reason: the Trump administration told it to.

Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x

Un0 is an image-generation system tool that shows for the first time how the company’s technology can replicate conventional AI systems.

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Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war

As ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet told TechCrunch in May, what China can currently buy are older-generation deep ultraviolet tools — gear first shipped about a decade ago — the same machines the MATCH Act would now put off limits.

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