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Is the US governments Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand?

Just as last weekwas ending,the US governmentforced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5s guardrails. Cybersecurity researchers havesince signed an open lettercallingthe move dangerous, and Anthropic itself noted the same jailbreaks exist in other models.Sois []

19 Jun 2026 9:38 pm
Billionaire Ambani wants AI in every call, app, and home

Reliance is weaving AI into telecom services used by more than 500 million people.

19 Jun 2026 8:53 pm
The CEO of Allbirds new AI biz has a plan, but no employees

Call it a startup with a sole founder and a very large seed round, but what's next is less clear.

19 Jun 2026 6:30 pm
Anthropics latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests

Anthropic's popularity with business users is growing so well that the latest beef with the government might actually boost it, data from Ramp suggests.

17 Jun 2026 4:04 am
SpaceX valuation balloons to $2.6T, briefly passes Amazon

SpaceX's valuation has increased by $1 trillion since its shares started trading on Friday.

17 Jun 2026 1:41 am
Qualcomm wants to be the chip inside whatever replaces your smartphone, and it just announced two products toward that end

Qualcomm's CEO said today that the company is working on over 40 new AI hardware designs

16 Jun 2026 11:52 pm
Bug in FIFA World Cup internal system gave anyone ability to modify TV stream

A security researcher said a flaw in FIFAs online platforms allowed her to access several internal systems, including one that could have allowed her to take control of the TV stream of every World Cup match.

16 Jun 2026 11:43 pm
Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features

Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, introducing new multitasking features, parental controls, security tools, and smartwatch upgrades. The launch is also accompanied by a Pixel Drop that brings Googles latest AI models to its devices.

16 Jun 2026 11:30 pm
Mobileyes US robotaxi launch will put it on both sides of the AV business

Mobileye apparently wants to own some of the robotaxi market, even if that puts it in direct competition with companies it supplies its self-driving system to.

16 Jun 2026 11:20 pm
Rivian cuts hundreds of workers after R2 deliveries start

The company said the cuts were part of a restructuring meant to help scale to profitability. Rivian recently pushed back its profitability goal to invest in autonomy.

16 Jun 2026 11:18 pm
Snap finally debuts its long-awaited AR glasses, Specs, and, oof, they arent cheap

For over a decade now, Snap has been working on this device. Now the glasses are finally here. So what stands out on first impression?

16 Jun 2026 10:30 pm
Sixty percent of US consumers say AI in brand messaging is a turnoff, survey finds

WordPress VIPs latest survey suggests consumers are wary of AI-generated answers even as companies increasingly view AI search as an important referral channel.

16 Jun 2026 10:19 pm
Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple

African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave has hit a new valuation and landed blockchain company Ripple as investor and partner.

16 Jun 2026 9:05 pm
DOJ claims xAIs unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of national, economic, and energy security

The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.

16 Jun 2026 8:35 pm
Plaud says its software business topped $100M in ARR after shipping over 2M AI notetakers

Plaud is trying to make a mark in a crowded market full of AI-powered meeting notetakers.

16 Jun 2026 8:30 pm
Robinhoods note on 10% layoffs shows blaming AI isnt cutting it

Unlike many of his tech industry peers who have cut thousands of jobs citing the need to restructure to make the most of AI, Robinhood's CEO Vlad Tenev conspicuously made no mention of AI in his note about layoffs.

16 Jun 2026 8:20 pm
SpaceX passes Amazon as valuation balloons to $2.7T

SpaceX's valuation has increased by $1 trillion since its shares started trading on Friday.

16 Jun 2026 7:18 pm
Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI

Probably wants to prevent hallucinations and factual errors from reaching users, and achieve accuracy on par with deterministic systems.

16 Jun 2026 6:45 pm
India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns

The restrictions include a nationwide ban on Telegram until June 22 and a requirement to disable the app's message editing feature.

16 Jun 2026 5:03 pm
This startups super metals could soon be in military drones, luxury watches, and chefs knives

Instead of heating metals, Foundation Alloy beats them into submission. The startup has raised $22 million to scale up production of its alloys.

16 Jun 2026 4:55 pm
SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO

The deal is supposed to help SpaceX's struggling AI division. The company told IPO investors it sees a $26 trillion addressable market in AI.

16 Jun 2026 4:51 pm
Threads adds new personalization and community features as it reaches 500M monthly users

The Meta-owned social platform announced a series of new features launching today, including a Your Algo tool that lets users control what they see in their feeds

16 Jun 2026 4:30 pm
ChatGPTs market share slips below 50% for first time

The chatbot still remains the most popular AI assistant worldwide with over 1.1 billion monthly users, followed by Gemini with 662 million and Claude with 245 million.

16 Jun 2026 4:00 pm
Malaysias AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions

Respond.io, one of Malaysia startups to watch, uses AI agents to handle high volumes of customer inquiries and charges per convo, not per seat.

16 Jun 2026 12:29 pm