| Your brain can spot your name in a room full of noise instantly. | Even in a loud crowd, your attention snaps to it almost immediately. | You could ignore every other word in the room, but your own name still cuts the line. | What’s in store: | | Read Time: 5 minutes |
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| | | ANTHROPIC | | | Anthropic has paused access to its new Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models after US authorities raised national security concerns just days after launch. | The company said it was ordered to block foreign nationals from using the models, but to stay compliant, it had to disable them for all customers. | Not exactly the smoothest product rollout. | Fable 5 is part of Anthropic’s Claude family and was positioned as a powerful rival to the latest models of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. | Anthropic had previously described the model as “too powerful”, especially because of its ability to help with cybersecurity tasks. | The main concern appears to be jailbreaking, which means bypassing a model’s safety limits. | Anthropic said it reviewed the technique and found it was used to identify a small number of already known, minor vulnerabilities. | The company also said other public models could find similar issues without the same bypass. | Three things matter here: | Anthropic says the pause is about complying with a US order, not because it discovered a major new flaw. The biggest concern is whether advanced AI can help users find or exploit cyber vulnerabilities. The case could fuel a bigger debate over who gets access to powerful AI models, and who gets to decide.
| Big model, bigger headache | The suspension adds to a growing debate over how advanced AI models should be released, tested and controlled. | Some experts warn that limiting access could make it harder to study these systems safely, while others argue that stronger controls are needed as AI becomes more capable in sensitive areas like cybersecurity. | The move also comes as Anthropic is already in a legal dispute with the Trump administration over a separate order affecting government use of its AI tools. | This is why you don’t give your model a villain-origin-story press cycle.- MG | What should happen when an AI model becomes powerful enough to raise cyber concerns? | | Vote for live results + see results and opinions from yesterday at the bottom of the email. |
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| | One person and Claude just cosplayed as a game studio | Someone used Claude Fable 5 to vibe code a full World of Warcraft-style MMO called World of Claudecraft. It has real client-server setup, player accounts, saved characters, live multiplayer, quests, dungeons, trading, dueling, and nine classes. | The wild part is that even the models, textures, and sound were generated through code instead of stored as normal files. A project that once needed a whole studio now looks like something one person can build by bossing an AI around. |
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| | | OPENAI | | | OpenAI has launched a new Partner Network to help businesses turn AI plans into actual results. | The company says the biggest challenge for enterprises is no longer whether AI models are good enough. | The harder part is finding the right use cases, changing workflows, connecting AI to existing systems, and getting teams to actually use it. | The OpenAI Partner Network is designed to help with that. Partners around the world will be able to build, sell, and deliver AI solutions using OpenAI’s technology. | OpenAI is also investing $150 million into the programme and aims to train 300,000 certified consultants by the end of 2026. | The network launches with selected global partners across consulting, systems integration, technology, and data. | The aim is to help companies move from “we should probably use AI” to “okay, this is genuinely useful.” | Partners will support businesses with strategy, secure integration, workflow redesign, responsible deployment, and change management. | OpenAI highlighted work with companies including Agilent, eBay, Paychex, and T-Mobile, alongside partners such as BCG, Artium, Bain, and Accenture. | In brief: | OpenAI is launching a global Partner Network to help enterprises adopt AI more effectively. The company is investing $150 million and plans to certify 300,000 consultants by the end of 2026. The goal is to help businesses move from AI ambition to real deployment across systems, workflows, and teams.
| Consultants, start your engines | The programme will have three partner tiers: Select, Advanced, and Elite. | Partners will also be able to earn specialisations in areas such as Codex, cybersecurity, and AI agents, helping customers find the right expertise faster. | OpenAI is also testing a Forward Deployed Experts programme with founding partners. | This gives qualified partner teams closer access to OpenAI’s deployment methods and enterprise playbooks, which should mean fewer shiny AI slides and more working tools. | AI agents sound powerful until they meet a company database named “FINAL_final_use_THIS_one_v7”.- MG |
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Movies: Steven Spielberg’s alien thriller Disclosure Day has opened strongly at the box office, earning more than $93 million worldwide in its debut. | Don’t Miss: The UK plans to ban social media access for children under 16, following Australia’s lead in one of the strictest online safety measures introduced so far. The proposal would also restrict minors from interacting with strangers in online games, using romantic AI chatbots, and accessing certain livestreaming features. |
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