Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5

1711 Dylan1312 2026-06-13 00:59:43 UTC anthropic.com Llama Share 1310

The US government has issued a directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 due to a potential jailbreak method, citing national security concerns. Anthropic is complying with the directive but disagrees with the decision, stating it's a misunderstanding and is working to restore access as soon as possible.

Open source AI must win

607 vednig 2026-06-13 02:59:43 UTC opensourceaimustwin.com Llama Share 189

The public risks losing operational freedom if AI access depends on closed institutions and shifting terms. America must maintain freedom to run, inspect, and modify AI infrastructure with global open standards.

Our response to the US ban on Fable 5 and Mythos 5

65 ubutler 2026-06-13 04:59:43 UTC isaacus.com Llama Share 13

US government issued export control directive banning access to Anthropic's LLMs Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for foreign nationals. Isaacus, an AI research company, is doubling down on AI sovereignty with self-hosting models to avoid similar risks.

Electric motors with no rare earths

349 bestouff 2026-06-12 22:59:43 UTC renaultgroup.com Llama Share 88

Renault Group is a pioneer in electric motors without magnets, using electrically excited synchronous motors (EESM) technology. Their range includes 5A, 5AL, 6A, 6AM, and 6AK motors with outputs from 57 to 160 kW.

On CPU Physics and CPU Cycles

18 signa11 2026-06-13 04:59:43 UTC 6it.dev Llama Share 0

The CPU's performance is affected by various factors such as parasitic capacitances, cache levels, and branch prediction, which can impact the execution time of operations. The main memory access latency is around 200-300 CPU cycles, while accessing persistent storage can take tens of thousands to millions of CPU cycles.

There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing

12 theahura 2026-06-13 05:18:43 UTC 12gramsofcarbon.com Llama Share 0

The US government has banned access to Anthropic's Fable and Mythos models due to national security concerns, citing a potential method of bypassing the models. This move has sparked concerns about government regulation of AI and the potential restriction of strong language models for public use.

CRISPR tech selectively shreds cancer cells, including "undruggable" cancers

767 gmays 2026-06-12 15:59:43 UTC innovativegenomics.org Llama Share 186

Researchers at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco have developed a CRISPR-based approach to selectively destroy cancer cells with a specific mutation in the p53 tumor suppressor gene. This method, called RNA-triggered chromatin shredding, can target "undruggable" cancers and potentially open up new targets for cancer therapy.

The Future of wasi-gfx and wasi:webgpu

15 mendyberger 2026-06-13 03:59:43 UTC wasi-gfx.dev Llama Share 1

WASI graphics interfaces are being split into two namespaces: wasi:webgpu remains in WASI for stability, while wasi:surface and wasi:frame-buffer move to wasi-gfx for faster iteration. wasi-gfx will be a user-space library for graphics, allowing for experimentation with new UI interfaces.

Show HN: Putt.day a daily mini golf game

129 ellg 2026-06-12 22:59:43 UTC putt.day Full Share 64

A daily hole of mini golf. Same hole for everyone, new one at midnight Pacific.

Why a Computer Science Degree Still Opens Hidden Doors

49 jnord 2026-06-13 02:59:43 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 32

Recent engineering graduates face a 6.1% unemployment rate, but underemployment is low at below 20%. Engineers rank among the top fields for overall labor market outcomes despite a mismatch between job postings and actual hiring.

Twenty One Zero-Days in FFmpeg

163 redbell 2026-06-12 22:59:43 UTC depthfirst.com Llama Share 95

Depthfirst's autonomous security agent discovered 21 zero-day vulnerabilities in FFmpeg, including 8 with assigned CVEs, using a specialized security agent that analyzes code and generates concrete, reproducible PoC inputs. The agent found a heap buffer overflow in FFmpeg's AV1 RTP depacketizer that can be triggered by a single 183-byte packet, allowing an attacker to redirect execution and ...

How to setup a local coding agent on macOS

330 kkm 2026-06-12 17:59:43 UTC ikyle.me Llama Share 79

User upgraded Gemma 4 to MTP, achieving 72.2 tokens/second on an Apple M1 Max. MTP draft model improved performance by 24% with optimal settings found to be 3 draft tokens.

Swift at Apple: Migrating the TrueType hinting interpreter

182 DASD 2026-06-12 19:59:43 UTC swift.org Llama Share 71

Apple rewrote the TrueType hinting interpreter from C to memory-safe Swift to improve security and performance, achieving a 13% speed increase and exact compatibility with the C implementation. The Swift interpreter's design and optimizations, such as using noncopyable structures and Span, demonstrate the language's ability to balance safety, ergonomics, and performance, making it suitable ...

Show HN: Lightweight Task queue on Erlang/OTP, SQLite-backed, no overengineering

9 ent1c3d 2026-06-13 03:59:43 UTC github.com/entgriff Prefix Share 0

EZRA is a persistent task queue. Multiple services push tasks in, multiple workers pull them out and confirm when done. Each task stays visible and explicitly tracked until a worker marks it finished - no silent drops, no fire-and-forget. Backed by SQLite, powered by the Erlang/OTP runtime. Workers connect with any Redis client (Redis itself is not needed) in any language - no new SDK ...

Malware developers added nuclear and biological weapons text to to their spyware

362 marc__1 2026-06-12 15:59:43 UTC twitter.com/jsrailton Llama Share 204

Malware developers added nuclear and biological text to spyware to evade AI security scanners. This highlights the need for balance between safety and functionality in AI models.

H.R. 6028 would fundamentally change the U.S. Copyright Office

192 Cider9986 2026-06-12 18:59:43 UTC eff.org Llama Share 58

The House passed H.R. 6028, a bill that would change the US Copyright Office's structure and make it more political. The bill would transfer power from the Library of Congress to the Register of Copyrights, a presidential appointee.

Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates

235 iweczek 2026-06-12 17:59:43 UTC piwodlaiwo.github.io Full Share 75

Tectonic: A modernized, complete, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine

33 maxloh 2026-06-13 00:59:43 UTC tectonic-typesetting.github.io Llama Share 6

Tectonic is a tool that converts TeX files into PDF files with precision typography and automatic equation handling. It's a self-contained library that can be embedded in other applications and is licensed under the MIT License.

TycoonLE: A Jax reinforcement learning environment for long-horizon planning

9 vrtnis 2026-06-13 02:59:43 UTC github.com/vrtnis Prefix Share 1

Tycoon Learning Environment (TycoonLE) is a reinforcement learning environment for economically grounded, long-horizon planning. Agents operate in a simulated logistics economy where they allocate capital, build transport routes, move cargo, manage debt, and optimize delayed returns. It is designed to study action legality, candidate-frontier decision interfaces, financing timing, delayed ...

Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end

180 FergusArgyll 2026-06-12 14:59:43 UTC envs.net Llama Share 113

User trying to generate decent-looking programs with AI, found a "Qt style" trick that works for them, and wants feedback on its effectiveness and potential for other styles. They've successfully translated personal software to "Qt style" with AI tools like Codex.

A key remapping daemon for Linux

32 joooscha 2026-06-12 23:59:43 UTC github.com/rvaiya Llama Share 12

keyd is a system-wide daemon that remaps keys using kernel level input primitives, providing a flexible solution for key remapping. It supports various display servers, including X11, sway, and gnome, and has a simple config format.

Palantir loses legal challenge against Swiss investigative magazine

262 sschueller 2026-06-12 20:59:43 UTC ft.com Full Share 54

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A generic dynamic array in C that stores no capacity and needs no struct

6 alurm 2026-06-13 02:59:43 UTC gist.github.com Embed Share 3

Anthropic's leaning in to the whole nanny state thing

16 corvad 2026-06-13 02:59:43 UTC honeypot.net Full Share 2

Anthropic’s leaning in to the whole nanny state thing. (This is a real, actual screenshot.)

SkillSpector

33 taubek 2026-06-12 21:59:43 UTC github.com/nvidia Llama Share 4

Skillspector is a security scanner for AI agent skills that detects vulnerabilities and malicious patterns before installation. It scans skills for 64 vulnerability patterns across 16 categories and provides a risk score, severity, and recommendations.

If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate human effort

1548 jjfoooo4 2026-06-12 05:59:43 UTC tombedor.dev Llama Share 468

Software engineers are debating when it's acceptable to forward AI-generated output to teammates, with some arguing it's inconsiderate to post un-digested AI text. Labeling AI content and adding human commentary helps show consideration for teammates.

Introduction to UEFI HTTP(s) Boot with QEMU/OVMF

88 jtlebigot 2026-06-12 14:59:43 UTC blog.yadutaf.fr Llama Share 28

The user successfully booted a UEFI HTTP(S) setup using Qemu and OVMF, but encountered issues with certificate validation due to a security level mismatch. The problem was resolved by either upgrading the server's TLS certificate or patching the OVMF firmware to match the default security level.

Adaptive PDFs

137 SarthakGaud 2026-06-12 16:59:43 UTC sgaud.com Llama Share 67

A PDF can store both visual and structured data. By using a specific property in the PDF spec, a document can be created that renders visually the same but extracts clean markdown text when read by machines.

"Don't You Just Upload It to ChatGPT?"

379 speckx 2026-06-12 17:59:43 UTC correresmidestino.com Llama Share 300

A freelance translator in Ottawa prioritizes work over gym classes due to tight deadlines. She explains to a Director General that AI translation tools like ChatGPT are not a replacement for human translators, requiring constant coaching and double-checking.

Launch HN: BitBoard (YC P25) – Analytics Workspace for Agents

39 arcb 2026-06-12 17:59:43 UTC bitboard.work Llama Share 20

Generate dashboards and analysis in BitBoard using AI chat or coding agents to create connected assets. Store connections, queries, and code for reproducible analysis and collaborate with teams in the browser.