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Fable Thrown Under The Bus


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Anthropic sent staff to DC to resolve the Mythos 5 export crisis after Amazon's Jassy reportedly helped trigger the federal block. Fox is buying Roku for ~$22B, the UK bans social media for under-16s, and Chinese Tesla drivers fool monitoring with doll heads.

  • Sources: senior Anthropic technical staff are in DC to meet WH officials and try to fix the Mythos 5 dispute; both sides say they are eager to resolve the issue (Axios)
  • The US Commerce Dept blocked foreign persons from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5; Anthropic cut off all customers to comply, calling the disclosed jailbreaks minor (The Verge)
  • Trump signed off on the restriction himself after Commerce Secretary Lutnick was asked to lead the response (NYT)
  • Amazon researchers showed Fable's safeguards could be evaded; Jassy raised it with Treasury's Bessent, helping set the export controls in motion (WSJ)
  • Fox says it is acquiring Roku in its largest deal yet, valued at ~$22B including debt, giving it access to 100M+ streaming households globally; FOX drops 10%+ (WSJ)
  • Keir Starmer says the UK will ban social media for under-16s to "give kids their childhood back", using an Australia-like model, in effect by next spring (Reuters)
  • UK's under-16 ban will cover Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X but exempt WhatsApp and Signal; AI companion chatbots must be 18+ (TechCrunch)
  • Chinese Tesla drivers are using tiny plastic heads to fool Tesla's distracted-driving controls, which appear unable to distinguish figurines from real people (Wired)
  • Chinese Tesla owners use figurines, photos, lenticular images, and looping face videos to bypass cabin-camera monitoring, sold for $10–$40 online (Digital Trends)

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