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.
Jun 16, 2026
Trump Administration Forces Anthropic to Pull Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Offline
The U.S. Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to block foreign access to its newest Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, forcing a total shutdown. The directive, triggered by an Amazon security paper and a three-word jailbreak prompt, has sparked a global sovereign AI backlash from the UK, France, and Canada.
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Oct 18, 2026
Anthropic signs onto a 420 MW Nova Scotia data-centre plan
Anthropic will lease the first phase of EverWind's proposed Point Tupper campus for at least 20 years. The C$10 billion build could reach 420 MW, but grid approval and the later phase remain conditional.
Oct 18, 2026
FTC demands reportedly target OpenAI and Anthropic. That is not a verdict
Axios reports that the FTC sent civil investigative demands to OpenAI and Anthropic over possible consumer-protection concerns. The requests can compel evidence, but they do not establish a violation or penalty.
Oct 15, 2026
Anthropic gives six METR evaluators employee-like access — here are the limits
Six METR evaluators now work inside Anthropic with risk-team-level access and independent publication rights. The arrangement is unusually broad, but its exclusions and voluntary structure still matter.