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@anthropicai:
Anthropic says the US Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 and that it will begin restoring access on Wednesday  —  We've received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5. We'll begin restoring access tomorrow, and will share an update soon. We're grateful to our users for their patience, and to everyone who worked with us on
Anthropic:
Anthropic says Fable 5 will be available via usage credits from July 7, and is drafting a jailbreak severity standard with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and others  —  On Friday, June 12, the US government applied export controls to our newest models, Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5.
@anthropicai:
Anthropic says “some routine tasks like coding and debugging” on Fable 5 “will fall back to Opus 4.8” in “the near term” as it works to “reduce false positives”  —  Claude Fable 5 will be available again globally tomorrow. After a series of productive conversations with the US government, we're redeploying the model with a new set of classifiers to target and block more cybersecurity tasks. In the near term, some routine tasks like coding
Alex Stamos / @alexstamos:
[Thread] the now-lifted US export controls on Anthropic models created uncertainty, are an own goal, and will push service providers toward Chinese AI models  —  A lot to unpack here. Anthropic is burying some hard truths in careful political language. Some initial reads: 1) Anthropic verifies that none of the jailbreaks provided a capability beyond what many other models, including Chinese models, could do.
Financial Times:
Letter: the US says Anthropic “agreed to proactively detect and address security risks” of Fable 5 and Mythos 5; a source says Anthropic developed a “safeguard”
Stephen Totilo / Game File:
Sony says all new PlayStation games will only be sold in digital formats from January 2028, as digital media preference “significantly outpaces physical discs”  —  New games sold for PlayStation consoles will only be available digitally and won't be sold on discs effective January 2028, Sony has announced.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Sony says it will close the virtual PlayStation 3 store in select markets in 2026 before closing PS3 and PS Vita stores “in all other countries” in July 2027  —  The virtual PS3 store will close in select markets this year, with global closures for PS3 and PS Vita following in 2027.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta plans a cloud infrastructure business that will sell access to AI compute and models, to compete with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud; META jumps 8%+  —  Meta Platforms Inc. is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business that will sell access to AI computing power and models …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
A researcher says a vulnerability in Apple's Hide My Email tool lets anyone see a user's real email address; first reported in June 2025, Apple has not fixed it  —  “Hide My Email users deserve to know that it may be possible for attackers to discover their hidden email addresses,” the person who reported the issue said.
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Meta introduces a $20/month Meta One Premium tier for its glasses and limits the glasses' Conversation Focus feature to three hours per month for free users  —  “All AI glasses owners get free monthly usage for certain features.” … Would you pay $20 a month for access to AI hardware you already own?
Ashley Stewart / Business Insider:
Sources: Microsoft plans to announce job cuts next week affecting less than 2.5% of its 220,000-person workforce, including roles in sales, consulting, and Xbox  —  Microsoft is planning to announce job cuts soon as the tech giant continues efforts to control costs, according to people familiar with the situation.
Marko Zivkovic / AppleInsider:
Leaked Apple supplier docs show iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max may use Qualcomm modems in the US and Apple's own C2 chips elsewhere, A20 Pro packaging tech, and more  —  After a closer look at some new data, Apple's iPhone 18 Pro modem situation may not be cut-and-dried.
Financial Times:
Tim Cook and EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen held “constructive” talks on June 30; sources: they discussed how Apple can launch Siri AI in the EU and avoid fines  —  Discussions come as tech group seeks to avoid fines as it and the bloc have been deadlocked over launch of AI assistant
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Meta names Chief Marketing Officer Alex Schultz as its first-ever chief data officer, to manage AI analytics across the company; Denise Moreno is named CMO  —  Meta has named its chief marketing officer, Alex Schultz, as its new chief data officer, Schultz told Axios.
Bloomberg:
Stockholm's Patent and Market Court orders Google to pay nearly $2B to Klarna's PriceRunner in a dispute over abuse of power in the shopping comparison market  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google was ordered to pay almost $2 billion to Klarna Group Plc's Pricerunner unit in a dispute …
Minxiao Chang / South China Morning Post:
Chinese robot maker UBTech launches U1, a line of humanoid robots for personal companionship with lifelike silicone skin and emotional AI, priced from ~$17,650  —  The unveiling of model U1, which has silicone skin and emotional AI, reflects tech firms' drive to expand robotics beyond industrial use.
Reuters:
Filing: President Trump reports $1.4B+ in income from his family's crypto ventures in 2025, including ~$800M from WLF and $635M from the sale of his $TRUMP coin  —  U.S. President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from his family's crypto ventures last year …
Juro Osawa / The Information:
Anthropic says it is rolling back a covert Claude Code tracking feature that identifies users based in China or affiliated with Chinese AI labs, after backlash  —  Anthropic is backtracking a spyware rolled out covertly to track users' location and whether they are based in China or affiliated …
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Uber dismissed two leaders at its AI data labeling business as part of a broader leadership transition at the unit, which it says is “seeing strong momentum”  —  Uber Technologies Inc. has dismissed two tech leaders at its nascent AI data labeling business, shaking up a key division …
More: Benzinga
Subrat Patnaik / Bloomberg:
Vimeo owner Bending Spoons raised $1.68B after selling 57.97M shares at $29 each, valuing it at ~$18.4B, in one of 2026's largest US IPOs by a European company  —  Bending Spoons SpA, which acquires struggling software businesses, and some of its backers raised $1.68 billion …
Chris Metinko / Axios:
B2B sales workspace startup Aligned raised a $60M Series B led by PeakSpan Capital, taking its total funding to $73.8M, and says it has 1,000+ customers  —  Aligned, a sales workspace for B2B sellers, buyers, and AI agents, locked up a $60 million Series B, co-founder and CEO Gal Aga tells Axios Pro exclusively.
More: FinSMEs, Pulse 2.0, and Globes
Ram Iyer / TechCrunch:
Venice AI, which offers access to 200+ AI models while allowing users to retain their privacy, raised a $65M Series A led by Dragonfly at a $1B valuation  —  Concerns over the impact of AI chatbots on mental health, personal safety, harassment, and disinformation have forced AI developers …
More: Unite.AI
Associated Press:
The US sentences Guo Wengui, a self-exiled billionaire Chinese tycoon who defrauded his online followers out of hundreds of millions, to 30 years in prison  —  A self-exiled billionaire Chinese business tycoon once believed to be among China's wealthiest men was sentenced Monday to 30 years …

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Rob Wile / NBC News:
President Trump's 2025 financial disclosures show $80M in income from settlements tied to his lawsuits against ABC, CBS, Meta, YouTube, and other companies

Edith Hancock / Wall Street Journal:
The European Commission says Paramount offered concessions for its $110B WBD takeover to ease competition concerns, and sets a July 22 investigation deadline

Kelly McBride / NPR:
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