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The sudden US government shutdown of Anthropic's Fable model has tech insiders reeling and rival global labs surging ahead. This episode breaks down the unexpected political power play rattling the future of AI innovation.

The Fable 5 Export Controls Harm US Cyber Defense

Anthropic CEO says government should block dangerous AI

The Real Reason Anthropic's Models Are Offline: A Six-Year-Old Trump Grudge

(21) Pete Hegseth on X: "Three months ago, @DeptofWar kicked @AnthropicAI out of our building—forever. Every passing day proves why that was the right move. 🇺🇸" / X

Anthropic's Safety Superpower

Google DeepMind is worried about what happens when millions of agents start to interact

The Anthropic 'Fable' saga proves: we have opened the AI Pandora's box.

Exclusive: OpenAI Preps New AI Model, Expects To Go Public 'Within the Next Year'

Microsoft CEO warns that a few AI winners could destroy 'entire industries'

SpaceX locks in $60 billion Cursor deal to power AI coding push

DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is 'Vital' for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit

AI Deepfakes Are Getting Weirder and Harder to Spot in the Midterms

UK under-16s social media rules to reach into gaming and AI chatbots

Investigation by The Atlantic reveals many millions of songs used for AI music training

Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses

Discover — FablePool

Isometric NYC

Encrypted Spaces

Florida man

Knick Knacks

Bird window

Ode to Orange Seats

Bending Spoons--owner of AOL, Eventbrite, Vimeo, Komoot, WeTransfer, Evernote, MeetUp, Streamyard, Hopin, Splice, and Brightcove--to IPO

Tim Ferris: Has AI Already Killed How-To Nonfiction? Sales Trends, My Personal Data, and What It Might Mean for the Future

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Alex Stamos

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With major leadership shakeups and rumors of studio closures, the future of XBOX inside Microsoft suddenly looks uncertain. Is this the beginning of a Game Pass overhaul, or could XBOX face an outright split from the company? Plus, PowerToys 0.100 (yes, point one hundred) arrives with so many improvements. And the Windows Insider program is leaving even seasoned users scratching their heads over Microsoft's so-called "simplification."

Windows

Windows Insider Program: Microsoft releases a record 7 builds to the allegedly simpler Insider Program

You can't tell the players without a program

Experimental: Less disruptive Windows Update, Windows Search improvements

Beta 26H1: Screen tint

Beta 25H2: Screen tint, quieter Widgets, Magnifier zoom controls

Release Preview 25H2: Screen tint, quieter Widgets, Magnifier zoom controls, Bluetooth connectivity improvements

All (?) get Voice access and Voice typing improvements, and new right-click Touchpad settings

Good God, Microsoft

Hardware

Microsoft announces Snapdragon X2-based Surface Laptop 8 and Surface Laptop 13 and the prices are eye-watering

Samsung announces Snapdragon X2-based Galaxy Book6 Edge and, yes, the prices are eye-watering

The component crisis is a disaster but limitations are driving innovation, as they always have

Google releases Android 17 alongside a new Pixel Drop, setting the stage for Googlebooks

Software

Microsoft Edge to follow Chrome to a two-week development schedule because we all love updating our web browsers

Mozilla releases Firefox 152 and a new roadmap for the browser

AI

FINALLY AN AI-FREE WEEK

XBOX and gaming

Fear & loathing at XBOX! The Microsoft fiscal year ends in two weeks, and big changes are coming

XBOX leadership set to reveal "hard truths" that will absolutely include layoffs and studio and game closures

Microsoft is looking at all options for XBOX, including a spin-off

XBOX Studios CEO and chief of staff announce their departures ahead of expected layoffs

XBOX reportedly closing Ninja Theory, makers of the Hellblade games

Compulsion Games is likely on the chopping block too

XBOX is coming to Gamescon this year

Xbox June Update arrives with new boot animation, more while Microsoft continues testing minor UX changes in the Insider Program

COD: Vanguard, EA Sports FC 26 and more coming to Game Pass in the second half of June

Rockstar Games is giving free GTA V upgrades to Xbox One and PS4 players

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Don't doomscroll, learnscroll instead

App pick of the week: PowerToys 0.100

RunAs Radio this week: 47 Day Certificates with Todd Gardner

Brown liquor pick of the week: Thornæs Kagerup

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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This episode unpacks the jaw-dropping surge in vulnerabilities unearthed by AI, revealing how Microsoft shattered its own patch records while adversaries and defenders race to outpace each other. The conversation gets real about whether AI is fixing our broken software or just making attacks easier for everyone.

Rootkits found in more than 400 ArchLinux User Repository packages.

The US government requests Anthropic to remove Mythos and Fable.

CISA responds to AI-driven attacks with new patching requirements.

NPM to switch to more secure install defaults. Will it help.

Our listeners react to last week's PHP commentary.

June shows that AI has arrived for vulnerability discover

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1083-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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John Gruber of Daring Fireball joins the MacBreak Weekly panel this week! A deep dive into Apple's new Siri following WWDC. Why Apple Intelligence & the new Siri are not coming to the EU initially later this year. And could the iPhone Ultra's launch be delayed this year?

Private cloud compute severely limited for third party devs.

The future of Siri, or: why private inference isn't private enough.

I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works.

How much Gemini is really inside Siri AI?

The EU's DMA Folly.

Reports of iPhone Ultra launch delays are 'false,' says leaker.

Apple Vision Pro helped Disney re-engineer a classic EPCOT ride.

Under-16 social media ban announced by UK government.

Fox to Buy Roku Streaming Service in $25 Billion Deal.

Picks of the Week

Andy's Pick: Google Earth Flight Simulator for the Web

John's Pick: Hovercraft

Christina's Pick: Parachute Backup

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Christina Warren

Guest: John Gruber

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The US government abruptly forced Anthropic to pull its most advanced AI model offline after fears it was simply too powerful to be safe. Hear the real story behind the sudden shutdown that rocked the tech world—and what it reveals about the uneasy alliance between Washington and Silicon Valley.

• Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model release sparks cybersecurity and jailbreak concerns

• White House pressures Anthropic to withdraw Fable amid security fears

• Debate over government intervention, model regulation, and Anthropic's IPO timing

• SpaceX IPO rockets to record-breaking $1.77 trillion valuation

• Apple unveils revamped Siri and Apple Intelligence at WWDC

• Apple's new child safety and parental controls in iOS

• OpenAI and Anthropic plot IPOs, face economic realities of AI industry

• Supply chain attacks hit Arch Linux packages, security risks highlighted

• Spotify battles surge of fake podcasts promoting illegal drugs

• German court rules Google AI overviews legally liable for inaccuracies

• FCC pursues crackdown on anonymous burner phones, raising privacy alarms

• North Korean hackers' massive infiltration of US tech sector exposed

• iFixit teardown reveals Trump Phone is just a rebadged HTC U24 Pro

• Smartphone and internet access linked to declining US birth rates

• Skydance-Paramount merger approved as Warner Bros seeks next mega deal

• Roku seeks buyer, raising questions about future streaming platforms

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Christina Warren, Harry McCracken, and Richard Campbell

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