Anthropic Models Blocked, FBI Takes Down $1.9B Phishing Network, Critical Splunk Flaw, and more
The U.S. government orders Anthropic to shut down foreign access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models after the Pentagon labels the company a supply-chain risk. David Shipley examines what may be behind the decision and what it means for countries and businesses that depend on American AI platforms. The FBI also disrupts […]
US Forces Anthropic AI Shutdown, Canada’s Online Harms Bill, and KPMG Faces Hallucination Scrutiny
On June 15, 2026, host Jim Love reports that Anthropic shut down its Mythos-5 and Fable-5 models worldwide after a US national security directive demanded removal of access for all foreign nationals on 90 minutes’ notice; Anthropic said it couldn’t practically guarantee compliance and disputed the jailbreak rationale while noting extensive safety testing. The shutdown […]
Project Synapse – Down the Rabbit Hole on Personal AI Agents and More
Project Synapse Weekend: When Cheap Local Models Hallucinate + Anthropic’s Fable-5 Controversy Jim Love and Marcel host the Project Synapse weekend edition without Jon Pinard, discussing Jim’s three-month experiment building his Nexus AI agent. Trying to avoid expensive API calls, Jim switched to a small open-source Gemma model and found that limited context windows and […]
Cyber Titans with David Shipley
CyberTitan Champions: Inside Canada’s National High School Cybersecurity Competition (and CyberPatriot) Cybersecurity Today on the Weekend interviews the winning Canadian CyberTitan team (“S-ores”/a regex-based name) along with coach Phil, educator Tim, and CyberTitan manager Sheena to explain how CyberTitan (run by ICTC) connects to the international CyberPatriot program. They describe the competition mechanics—securing compromised Windows, […]
Anthropic Warns AI Risks Are Real, RoguePlanet Zero-Day Drops, Crypto Laundering Takedown
Anthropic is calling for governments to have the authority to stop deployment of advanced AI systems that pose unacceptable risks. CEO Dario Amodei points to the company’s Mythos cybersecurity model as proof that AI has become a matter of national and strategic consequence, warning that cyber risks may soon be followed by biological and autonomy […]
Bose Warranty Vanishes, Court Holds Google Liable For Inaccurate AI Summaries, & AI Chaos
Jim Love hosts Hashtag Trending for Friday, June 12, 2026, with a special look at a week of technology stories that range from bizarre to genuinely concerning. It starts with a personal experience involving a Bose warranty that appeared to vanish after being successfully registered, raising questions about what happens when automated systems become the […]
EuroOffice Challenges Microsoft, Google AI Traffic Collapse, Meta Backlash & AI Liability Shock
Europe is accelerating its push for digital sovereignty with the launch of EuroOffice, a cloud-based alternative to Microsoft 365 backed by German hosting giant IONOS and other European technology companies. But the launch has sparked controversy, with LibreOffice accusing the project of reinforcing Microsoft’s document standards while critics question its roots in a fork of […]
AI Worms, Hacks, and Insurance Shifts
Instagram AI Support Hack Hits 20,225 Accounts; AI Worm ‘Hades’ Lies to Security Tools; Chrome Zero-Day Patch Host David Shipley reports Meta says 20,225 Instagram accounts were hijacked after an AI support tool was tricked into sending reset links to attacker-controlled emails, with only MFA-protected accounts resisting. Step Security details a new Miasma-derived worm wave […]
OpenAI IPO, Meta Pushes Back on S Facial Recognition, Wonder Valley Data Center Scales Back
Jim Love covers three headlines for June 10, 2026: OpenAI has filed confidential paperwork for a US IPO, with Reuters suggesting it could come as early as September amid a broader wave of potential blockbuster listings also involving Anthropic and SpaceX; the report reviews OpenAI’s shift from non-profit to commercial powerhouse, prior governance turmoil around […]
20K Instagram Accounts Hacked, AI’s Environmental Costs, Copilot Hallucination in UK Police Report
Jim Love covers four headlines: hackers exploited Instagram’s AI support bot to hijack over 20,000 accounts by abusing account recovery and password reset links, prompting Meta to disable the tool, remove faulty code, and add enhanced protections. A UN University report warns AI’s environmental footprint extends beyond carbon, projecting data centers could consume 945 TWh […]