Samwise Tech/AI/Robotics Newsletter
Monday, June 15, 2026
US Government Orders Anthropic to Shut Off Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5
The U.S. government on Friday ordered Anthropic to immediately disable worldwide access to its two most powerful AI models, Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, citing national security concerns. Anthropic said it received the directive at 5:21 pm ET and has complied, but disagrees with it. Framed as an export-control action, the order followed what the government described as a claimed jailbreak of Fable 5. Anthropic argued the finding amounted to a narrow, non-universal jailbreak already available in other public models, including OpenAI’s GPT-5.5. Mythos was previously shared with about 50 vetted organizations through Project Glasswing for defensive cybersecurity work.
Sources: TechCrunch
AI Companies Race to Go Public After SpaceX’s Record IPO
SpaceX went public this week in the largest IPO ever, making CEO Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, and competitors OpenAI and Anthropic may soon follow with their own market debuts. On TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, reporters Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and Anthony Ha discussed what is shaping up as a hot IPO summer. Both Anthropic and OpenAI have confidentially filed to go public, and analysts say each may want to debut first given finite available capital. Korosec noted other startups are raising money to ride the SpaceX wave, including firms pursuing orbital data centers, while automakers pivot unused battery capacity toward powering data centers.
Sources: TechCrunch
Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus Raises $12B to Build an Artificial General Engineer
Prometheus, the physical AI startup co-founded by Jeff Bezos and former Verily co-founder Vik Bajaj, announced it raised $12 billion at a $41 billion valuation. Backers include Bezos himself, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock. It is the company’s second raise after launching late last year with $6.2 billion. Prometheus is building what it calls an “artificial general engineer” — software that automates the design and manufacturing of complex physical systems, from jet engines to drug compounds. Bezos told CNBC the productivity gains would create “labor scarcity.” The company has 150 employees across San Francisco, London, and Zurich and is keeping its work under wraps.
Sources: TechCrunch
Google Sues Chinese Outsider Enterprise Over AI-Powered Phishing Operation
Google announced a lawsuit on Friday seeking to dismantle a Chinese cybercrime network it calls Outsider Enterprise, which used AI to send scam texts impersonating Google and other brands. The group financially scammed hundreds of thousands of victims, deploying 9,000 fake websites, one million fraudulent domains, and 2.5 million texts to Android users in two weeks, Google said. Its “phishing-for-dummies” software, costing $88 weekly, used AI platforms including Google’s Gemini and offered over 290 templates. The FBI said it coordinated with Google and Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs to seize domains. Since July 2023, the platform enabled an estimated $1.9 billion in losses.
Sources: TechCrunch
FBI Unveils Replica Town “Kinetic Cyber Range” to Simulate Cyberattacks
The FBI revealed a 22,000-square-foot replica town on its Huntsville, Alabama campus, built to train investigators in simulating and probing real-world cyberattacks. Dubbed the Kinetic Cyber Range, the facility opened in February 2025 with fully furnished houses, a hotel, gas station, courthouse, hospital, and power company, plus roads and traffic lights. It has trained more than 1,400 students from federal and local agencies. Each part is wired with functioning devices while preventing simulated attacks from spilling out. A data center holds over 200 physical servers. The FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report logged a record $20.9 billion in U.S. cybercrime losses, up 26%.
Sources: TechCrunch
Agile Robots Showcases Agile ONE Humanoid and Physical AI at Robot Technology Japan 2026
Agile Robots used Robot Technology Japan 2026 in Nagoya to showcase its force-control robotics, the Agile ONE humanoid, Franka Robotics research platforms, and its growing Physical AI ecosystem. The company demonstrated force-control systems, collaborative robots, and humanoid platforms aimed at accelerating deployment of physical AI in real-world manufacturing. Agile Robots said it has deployed more than 20,000 robotic systems worldwide and is pursuing a strategy that creates a feedback loop between robot deployment, operational data, and AI-driven learning. The showcase reflected an industry push to move beyond prototype demonstrations toward real-world deployment of AI-driven robots in manufacturing and logistics environments.
Sources: Robotics & Automation News
Coinbase Debuts MCP Server Enabling AI Agents to Trade and Pay
Coinbase debuted a new tool built on the Model Context Protocol that lets AI agents trade and pay for premium research. The company said its agent launch can work inside ChatGPT or Claude through its MCP server, combining exchange access with a native payments protocol so agents can transact. The move aims to create agents that can buy and sell on a user’s behalf and pay for services directly. It follows a broader industry trend of connecting AI agents to financial and software platforms, after Robinhood recently began letting AI agents trade stocks. Coinbase’s tool positions the exchange within the emerging agent-driven commerce ecosystem.
Sources: TechCrunch
Tech Pulse
Top Frontier Models (SWE-bench Verified): Claude Mythos 5 (95.5%) | Claude Opus 4.8 (88.6%) | Gemini 3.1 Pro (80.6%)
Top Open Source Models: DeepSeek (leading open-weight) | Qwen | Llama
Top Small Models (15–50B): Qwen 2.5-32B | Gemma 27B | Mistral Small
Top Edge Models (0–15B): Llama 3.2 8B | Gemma 2 9B | Phi-4
AI Leaders: NVIDIA ($4.4T) | Microsoft ($3.4T) | Alphabet ($2.6T)
Robotics Leaders: Intuitive Surgical ($190B) | ABB ($120B) | Fanuc ($40B)
Curated by JD · samwise.agency
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