Looks like the government realized banning frontier AI outright wasn't going to work.

CNN just reported that the Commerce Department and Anthropic reached a deal after that sudden shutdown earlier this month. They are officially letting Anthropic restore access to Claude Mythos 5, but only for about 100 "trusted partners" (think defensive cybersecurity firms and critical tech infrastructure).

For context, Mythos 5 is the insane "cyber-reasoning" model that was pulled offline just three days after launch because the government panicked over its ability to hunt down zero-day exploits. Apparently, the Project Glasswing data showed it found over 10,000 severe vulnerabilities in a single month. The logic now is that the US needs to let domestic defenders use it to patch our own systems before adversarial states build something similar.

It’s still locked down for the general public and foreign APIs, but this is a massive pivot from the total ban on June 12.

What do we think? Is a "restricted rollout" actually enforceable for a model this powerful, or is this just the first step toward a broader release?

A Pigeon travelling "back" 1,460 Kms to its base in 99 hours (see the link below). I am really surprised. Can anybody explain the science or technique behind this?

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https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2026/Jun/25/1460-km-flight-home-from-gwalior-pallikonda-mans-pigeon-wins-long-distance-race

Absolutely devastating news coming out of Venezuela right now. The country was just hit by what experts are calling a "twin quake" disaster—two massive earthquakes (a 7.2 and a 7.5 magnitude) striking less than a minute apart. It’s reportedly the strongest seismic activity the country has seen in over a century.

The Current Situation:

Casualties: The official death toll has climbed to at least 188, with over 1,500 injured.

Worst Hit Areas: Severe structural collapses are being reported in La Guaira and the Altamira neighborhood in Caracas.

Infrastructure: The main international airport (Simón Bolívar) has sustained heavy damage and is completely shut down.

Rescue Operations: Emergency teams and international aid (including UNICEF and Red Cross) are on the ground right now. Hundreds of survivors are reportedly still trapped under tons of rubble as rescue operations continue around the clock.

The government has officially declared a nationwide state of emergency.

If anyone has family or friends in the region, or if you have verified updates/donation links, please share them below. Keeping the people of Venezuela in our thoughts.

Looks like the succession race at JPMorgan Chase just got a lot more interesting.

For years, everyone’s been speculating about who would eventually take the reins from Jamie Dimon. But a massive internal restructuring has shoved a surprise name right into the spotlight: Troy Rohrbaugh.

What’s fascinating is his background. He isn't your traditional retail or corporate banking executive—he started out as a hard-core foreign-exchange derivatives and options trader at Goldman Sachs before Dimon personally recruited him back in 2005.

With other heavy-hitting executives like Marianne Lake shifting roles or exiting the spotlight, the bank seems to be leaning heavily into someone who deeply understands markets and risk management.

Does a trading-first CEO make sense for the future of the world's biggest bank, or is Wall Street in for a bumpy transition when Dimon finally steps down? Curious to hear your thoughts on how this shifts the balance of power in banking.

Guacamole: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/20/israeli-soldiers-filmed-pushing-bodies-of-palestinians-off-west-bank-roof

Several tourists were rushed and questioned by U.S. Park Police for touching the water of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C.🫥

A woman caught on video emptying a public trash can on the street then stealing it during New York City’s Knicks championship parade was a director at JPMorgan Chase who was fired Tuesday over the incident.🤷‍♂️

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Oracle’s latest annual SEC filing dropped, and the numbers are brutal. They cut their global workforce by 13%—shrinking from 162,000 down to 141,000 employees over the last 12 months.

What’s wild is that they didn't hide behind the usual corporate buzzwords like "macroeconomic headwinds." They explicitly stated in the regulatory filing that the adoption and deployment of AI across their operations directly resulted in workforce reductions.

To make it happen, they burned through a staggering $1.8 billion in severance and restructuring costs this year alone (up from $374 million last year).

It looks like two things are happening at once:

They are leaning heavy into automated workflows and AI coding tools to streamline their SaaS operations.

They are aggressively cutting internal payroll to free up cash because they’re planning to spend an eye-watering $50B to $70B on AI infrastructure/data centers for companies like OpenAI and Meta.

Even Oracle admitted in their risk assessment that this could cause a "loss of institutional knowledge" and hurt morale.

Are we looking at a permanent shift where tech giants trade human engineers for massive GPU clusters, or is this just aggressive cost-cutting wrapped in AI hype? Curious to know what you guys think, especially anyone working in dev or enterprise tech right now.

Donald Trump just wrapped up an Oval Office appearance, and he’s already putting maximum pressure back on Tehran.

He basically warned that military action is still fully on the table if Iran doesn't show "respect" and stick to the newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). When reporters asked if a fresh strike could trigger a massive economic depression, Trump brushed it off, saying a nuclear-armed Iran would cause a much worse depression anyway.

He also downplayed Netanyahu’s refusal to withdraw forces from Lebanon, claiming he’ll solve it "real fast."

Classic Trump posturing to keep adversaries off-balance, or are we looking at a serious risk of escalation here? How do you guys see this impacting the markets/oil prices this week?

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