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June 13, 2026, 4:50 AM

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Anthropic:

Anthropic says it is disabling Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers after the US government issued an export control order, citing national security concerns — The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 …

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Bluesky: @edzitron.com, @masnick.com, @isaiahbishop, @samthielman.com, and @faineg

Axios:

Source: the US Commerce Department decided to block foreign persons from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after a company claimed it was able to jailbreak Mythos — The Trump administration is blocking foreign governments, companies and individuals from accessing Anthropic's most advanced AI models.

Ananya Palyekar / Reuters:

Anthropic says it believes the US government's export control order for Mythos 5 and Fable 5 is a “misunderstanding” and that it is working to restore access — Anthropic said on Friday it has been ordered by the U.S. government to suspend access for all foreign nationals …

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Alex Harring / CNBC:

SpaceX closes up 19% at $160.95 in its debut, with a ~$2.1T market value, after opening at $150, up 11% from its IPO price; Musk becomes the first trillionaire — SpaceX shares soared on Friday, propelling the rocket company's valuation above $2 trillion, as trading commenced on the Nasdaq …

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Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg:

Sources: SpaceX decided to rent its Colossus 1 data center to Anthropic after internal teams struggled to use it for Grok development due to latency issues — - Musk's firm struggled with latency issues with Colossus 1 — SpaceX has made AI infrastructure a key part of its IPO pitch

More: The Verge and Inc

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Wired:

Sources detail frustration inside Meta's Applied AI team, formed in March to support Superintelligence Labs, over menial projects, “soul-crushing” work, more — Executives and employees alike are struggling with Meta's chaotic AI strategy, according to sources and internal discussions reviewed by WIRED.

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Bluesky: @katie-drummond, @dell, @peard33, and @brbarrett. Forums: r/technology

Jyoti Mann / The Information:

Staff memo: Meta plans to limit employee token usage and encourage employees to use MetaCode, after internal AI spending forecasts reached billions for 2026 — Meta Platforms plans to clamp down on skyrocketing AI costs inside the company by imposing limits on employees' token usage …

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Wall Street Journal:

OpenAI was subpoenaed on Friday by a coalition of state AGs for documents covering a wide range of its activities and impact on users — Company subpoenaed for documents covering wide range of its activities and impact on users — A coalition of state attorneys general has opened …

More: Engadget, Benzinga, Bloomberg, The Next Web, Reuters, The Information, and CNBC. X: @keachhagey

Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat:

Moonshot AI releases Kimi K2.7-Code, claiming 30% lower reasoning token usage compared to K2.6, available under a modified MIT license — Moonshot AI released Kimi K2.7-Code this week, an open-source update to its K2 coding model family, claiming leaner reasoning and double-digit performance gains.

More: Moonshot AI on Hugging Face, The Decoder, and MarkTechPost

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Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:

Crypto-data provider Blockworks says it has acquired its rival Messari; source: Blockworks paid more than $10M for Messari, which was valued at $300M in 2022 — Buyer pays more than $10 million for company valued at around $300 million in 2022 — The crypto-data provider Blockworks …

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Yasmin Khorram / Politico:

The US DOJ approves Paramount's $111B purchase of WBD without forcing divestitures or behavioral remedies; state AGs could still try to block the move — In a statement, the Antitrust Division said its eight-month review “determined based on the evidence received in its investigation …

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Sources: Netflix is interested in acquiring Lionsgate and took a look at Roku, but a Roku deal would have faced tougher antitrust scrutiny than Fox's

CBC News:

Canada's CBC, which began televising NHL games in 1952, will no longer show NHL games after it was unable to reach a new sublicense deal with Rogers Sportsnet

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Consultancy Madison & Wall estimates a combined Fox and Roku would capture 14% of all US TV ad revenue and 16% of US streaming ad revenue

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Vanity Fair:

Sources: three ex-DOGE staffers are raising $130M from a16z, Sequoia, and others for a startup that aims to use AI to secure government systems

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Bloomberg:

Sources: Roku is in talks to sell itself; its shares have risen about 24% this year, giving the company a market value of $19.9B; ROKU jumps 20%+ after hours

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