The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance. Access to all other Claude models is not affected. We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible. Read our full statement: anthropic.com/news/fable-myt…

Automotive memory chip prices surge 180% over three months; Chinese EV makers raise prices one after another • The Chinese new energy vehicle market has recently seen a series of price adjustments. Several EV models have either raised their selling prices or reduced existing discounts. A staff member at an EV 4S dealership in Beijing said that while official vehicle prices have not changed, the price of autonomous-driving option packages for some models has increased from RMB 9,900 to RMB 12,000 since May. • Automakers are citing the sharp rise in global memory hardware prices as the main reason for these price adjustments. According to available data, automotive memory chip prices have risen by around 180% over the past three months. Based on incomplete statistics, more than 10 EV makers in China have recently raised vehicle prices or reduced discount levels, with the increases generally ranging from RMB 2,000 to RMB 6,000. • Meanwhile, as EV prices rise, internal combustion engine automakers are cutting prices and stepping up promotions. As of April this year, the average discount rate for internal combustion engine vehicles was around 23%, remaining at a high level for the ninth consecutive month. (CCTV)

Thrilled to announce my conditional visa is APPROVED! I will be travelling later this month. Thank you for all who supported me through this process. @O1Visa

Wake now, my merry friends! Forget the nightly noises! Ring a ding dillo del! I recently joined Antithesis, where I'm building a new browser testing framework called Bombadil. We're doing this openly, no stealth mode shenanigans this time: github.com/antithesishq/bomb…

I'm 33. I deeply regret spending so much of my younger times programming, working and investing. If you're 21, go make some friends. It only gets harder as you age.

Weirdly, 4chan’s top books list might be one of the best ones I’ve seen?

How I am calling into the biweekly all hands meeting