Jun 17, 2026
Anthropic Forced to Pull Fable 5 AI Model After White House Export Ban
The Trump administration forced Anthropic to disable its newest Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models after Amazon flagged a jailbreak vulnerability. The unprecedented export control order is sending shockwaves through the AI industry, accelerating open-source adoption and raising existential questions for builders who rely on closed models.
Jun 17, 2026
SpaceX Acquires Cursor for $60 Billion in First Post-IPO Power Move
SpaceX is buying AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in an all-stock deal, its first major acquisition since going public. The deal gives Elon Musk's company access to Cursor's 1 million-plus developers and a foothold in the fast-growing AI coding tools market.
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Judge Dismisses xAI Trade Secret Lawsuit Against OpenAI With Prejudice
A federal judge dismissed xAI's trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI with prejudice, ruling it would be 'futile' for Elon Musk's company to continue. The dismissal marks Musk's second court defeat against OpenAI in four weeks and ends a case that alleged OpenAI sought Grok 4 trade secrets during recruiting.
Jun 15, 2026
OpenAI Acquires Ona to Add Persistent Cloud Execution to Codex
OpenAI has agreed to acquire Ona, bringing persistent cloud execution environments to Codex so developers can run AI agents that continue working for hours or days without being tied to a single machine.