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Anthropic cuts off Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access following government order
On Friday evening, the government ordered Anthropic to block access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nations, both inside and outside the US, due to national security concerns. That order...
A report on the benefits of AI was reportedly full of AI hallucinations
KPMG published a paper about the benefits of AI last year. An investigation found that it was full of AI hallucinations.
A better way to manage all your screenshots
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 132, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy soccer, and also you can read all the old editions at the...
Apple’s new AI photo editing tools mostly work, for better and worse
iPhone owners are getting real, native AI photo editing for the first time. The most popular camera in the world just got its first set of serious AI photo editing features, and I don't think any of...
Echo Isle is a pint-sized adventure inspired by classic Zelda
Echo Isle is heavily inspired by The Legend of Zelda, and it's not afraid to show it: The retro graphics bear a striking resemblance to Link's Awakening, the main character wears a blue tunic and...
Why Hasan Piker thinks Democrats are moving in his direction
Hasan Piker in Vancouver, Canada, on May 13, 2026. | Florencia Tan Jun/Web Summit via Sportsfile via Getty Images Here’s what’s undeniable: The Democratic electorate has dramatically...
The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models
Concept art from Dear Upstairs Neighbors that used to train custom builds of Google’s Veo and Imagen models. | Image: Google DeepMind For all the noise that's been made about how generative AI is...
The mystery of how China is keeping down the world’s oil prices
An ultra-large crude oil tanker at the Beihai shipyard in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China on June 10, 2026. | CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images Gas prices are high right now — an...
OpenAI is facing investigation from a group of state attorneys general
A coalition of state attorneys general is asking OpenAI for documents about its activities.
Anthropic blocks all customers’ access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Anthropic has suspended all access to its new AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 to comply with a government order citing national security concerns.