Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is a version of Mythos the public can access today
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5, a public Mythos-class model with guardrails blocking cybersecurity, biology, and chemistry responses.
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Updated Wednesday, 10 June 2026 at 09:42 UTC · 16 stories
Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5, a powerful new frontier model with strict safety guardrails, while Google rolls out voice translation and API pricing cuts signal an intensifying AI competition. Meanwhile, Apple reveals upgraded Siri AI capabilities and infrastructure investments reshape the industry as major players race to scale.
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Artificial Intelligence
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Meta signs first AI data center deal in India with Reliance
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Initial impressions of Claude Fable 5
Claude Fable 5 demonstrates strong reasoning and coding abilities but exhibits high latency and token costs in early testing.
Microsoft AI head calls out Anthropic for acting like Claude is conscious
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman criticizes Anthropic for speculating about Claude's consciousness, calling it 'really, really dangerous.'
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Technology
WhatsApp ordered to host rival AI assistants for free
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GM thinks EVs can help offset AI’s energy suck with vehicle-to-grid tech
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Apple’s foldable iPhone could be just around the corner
iOS 27 developer beta contains code referencing fold state and screen angles, suggesting Apple's foldable iPhone is in active development.
Microsoft is disabling Office 2019 for Mac next month
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Waymo built a virtual driver to study how humans react to surprises on the road
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CISA gives US federal agencies three days to fix a VPN bug under attack by a ransomware gang
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High-severity vulnerability in Linux caused by a single faulty character
High-severity Linux use-after-free bug caused by single faulty character allows sandbox escape and privilege escalation.
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