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Anthropic said Friday it has suspended access to two powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, to comply with a US national security order. Just three days after publicly launching Fable 5, the company said in a blog post that it received a government directive banning all foreign nationals, even ones who work at Anthropic, from accessing Fable 5 and Mythos 5 over national security concerns. “The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance,” it said.The company said it received the letter on Friday evening.. Axios reported that the letter came from US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The US Commerce officials did not immediately respond to a request from AFP. The firm said that the letter did not state what specifically concerned the government. However, the firm’s “understanding is that the government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or ‘jailbreaking’” the Fable 5 model such that it could aid hacking. Fable 5, released Tuesday, is a locked-down version of Mythos 5, a cutting-edge AI model that Anthropic has held back from the public amid concerns that it had unprecedented abilities to identify software vulnerabilites — or holes in code that hackers could exploit Mythos 5 — the unrestricted model — has only been released to select companies. The European Union, which gained access to Mythos earlier in June after weeks of talks, said the latest development further underlined “Europe’s need for technological sovereignty”. “We take note of Anthropic’s statement and are assessing,” said Thomas Regnier, a spokesman for the European Commission, which this month unveiled measures to slash the 27-nation bloc’s dependence on America and Asia for key technologies, including AI. Anthropic said it had reviewed the “jailbreaking” method at the centre of the speculation and the hacking opportunities it exposed, but it does not believe Fable 5 gives hackers capabilities that are not already available through other public models. The firm said that none of its security testers had found a “universal jailbreak,” or a way to bypass it’s safeguards against helping hackers.“We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundredsof millions of people,” the company said. “If this standard was applied across the industry, we believe it would essentially halt all new model deployments for all frontier model providers.”Anthropic has been locked in a legal standoff with the Trump administration for refusing to allow its technology to potentially be used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, leading the Pentagon to cut contracts with the company. Source link
An Indian pollution regulator has alleged wastewater discharged from a Tata components factory for Apple’s iPhone has contaminated the groundwater for nearby farms and warned of a forced shutdown unless Tata gives a satisfactory explanation. India’s Tata Electronics is central to Apple’s push to diversify iPhone production beyond China and is the second-biggest supplier to Apple in South Asia after Taiwan’s Foxconn.The Tata plant under investigation is in Hosur in southern Tamil Nadu state and makes back panels and other components for iPhones. Farmland owners near the plant had complained for months to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board that wastewater from the factory was contaminating their land and open wells. The complaints led to five state inspections between December 2025 and May 2026, according to details from a previously unreported regulatory notice dated May 25 and reviewed by Reuters. The inspections found that Tata discharged wastewater into a rainwater harvesting pond inside its facility and that the pond overflowed to contaminate “groundwater in the open wells located in the adjacent agricultural lands”, the pollution board’s warning notice to Tata said. Tata had not taken any corrective actions on instructions issued by the pollution board in a previous letter dated December 23, 2025, it said in the three-page notice. Tata Electronics told Reuters in a statement it had commissioned an independent analysis through an accredited laboratory and that the study determined the company was “in full compliance with all regulatory norms”. Tata said it was “committed to responsible business practices and protection of the environment and local communities”, and that it had responded to pollution authorities, although giving no further details. The pollution board in its May notice asked Tata to explain why power to the unit should not be cut and the unit closed for its alleged breach of the rules. Apple, which has strict rules on how its suppliers handle wastewater, and the Tamil Nadu government did not respond to requests for comment from Reuters. Companies have often faced disciplinary action from pollution authorities in India. In 2024, Mercedes-Benz improved wastewater and air pollution management at its only car factory in India after officials detected lapses in compliance with environmental law. India’s environment ministry told parliament in February that 4.4% of 544,364 industries were found non-compliant with environmental standards in the last five years, and 3,600 were shut down by pollution control departments. The Tata notice adds to a series of issues that have dogged Apple’s India supply chain. A fire at Tata’s Hosur plant in September 2024 halted iPhone component production briefly, while a fire in September 2023 at former supplier Pegatron’s iPhone plant shut production for days. In 2024, a Reuters investigation found that major Apple supplier Foxconn systematically excluded married women from iPhone assembly jobs at one of its plants in India, although the company said at the time that it complied with all laws. India is projected to make 26% of all iPhones globally in 2026, from just 6% four years ago, according to research firm Counterpoint. Source link
The Qatari team drew 1-1 with Switzerland in the match held Saturday at San Francisco Bay Arena, in the opening round of Group B in the 2026 FIFA World Cup currently taking place in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.Switzerland took the lead through Breel Embolo from a penalty kick in the 17th minute, while Boualem Khoukhi snatched the equalizer for Qatar in stoppage time (90+4), earning Al Annabi their first point of the tournament in their second World Cup appearance, following their debut in the 2022 World Cup, which they hosted on home soil.With this result, all four teams in the group are level on one point each, after Canada had previously drawn with Bosnia and Herzegovina by the same scoreline.Qatar started the match brightly and nearly scored just three minutes in when Akram Afif delivered a pass that put Edmilson Junior through on goal, but the goalkeeper produced a brilliant save to deny him.Switzerland, packed with star players, controlled the match and pressed for the opening goal, earning a penalty after Dan Ndoye delivered a cross that reached Remo Freuler in front of goal, where he was fouled by goalkeeper Mahmoud Abu Nada.Breel Embolo converted the penalty successfully, putting Switzerland ahead in the 17th minute.Qatar's performance improved as they searched for the equalizer, with Youssef Abdelrazaq attempting a long-range shot that went just over the crossbar in the 27th minute.Switzerland responded through a one-on-one chance for Ruben Vargas, whose powerful shot was saved by goalkeeper Mahmoud Abu Nada in the 37th minute.Qatar nearly equalized after a clear chance from a pass by Issa Lai to Edmilson Junior, who went one-on-one with the goalkeeper, but Swiss keeper Gregor Kobel produced a superb save in the 44th minute, as the first half ended with Switzerland leading 1-0.Spanish coach Julen Lopetegui made several substitutions at the start of the second half to increase attacking numbers in midfield and boost the offensive phase, bringing on Ahmed Alaa, Karim Boudiaf, and Ahmed Fathy, with Qatar pushing higher up the pitch.On the other hand, Switzerland showed better balance by dropping deeper and relying on quick transitions, which nearly produced a second goal when Granit Xhaka fired a shot that went just wide of the post in the 62nd minute, before Abu Nada denied substitute Fabian Rieder in the 66th minute.Qatar applied heavy pressure in the final 15 minutes, with Karim Boudiaf forcing a strong shot just over the bar in the 77th minute. The Swiss defense then cut out a dangerous pass from Akram Afif to Ahmed Alaa in the 80th minute, before Alaa nearly equalized in the final minute with a low shot that was comfortably saved by the goalkeeper.In stoppage time, Qatar grabbed the equalizer after a cross from Homam Al Amin was headed powerfully into the net by Boualem Khoukhi, scoring Al Annabi's first goal of the tournament in the 90+4th minute, as the match ended 1-1.Qatar earned a valuable point, level with the rest of the group, keeping their hopes alive in the race for one of the two qualification spots to the next round ahead of their upcoming clash against Canada in the second round on the 18th of this month. Source link
Khoukhi’s stoppage-time header earns Qatar a point in Group BSwitzerland dominate but fail to convert 26 shots, left frustrated by late equaliserAll Group B teams now have one point after Canada’s draw with Bosnia & HerzegovinaQatar celebrated their first World Cup point in a 1-1 draw against Switzerland as captain Boualem Khoukhi headed in a stoppage-time equaliser to send the Gulf nation into jubilation on Saturday.Khoukhi rose highest to thump in Homam Ahmed’s cross on 94 minutes and cancel out a first-half Breel Embolo penalty, leaving the Swiss stunned and rueful after failing to convert 26 goal attempts to Qatar’s seven.The result left Group B wide open, with all teams locked on a point each following co-hosts Canada’s 1-1 draw with Bosnia & Herzegovina.Qatar will be easily the most pleased among them, four years after their 2022 debut fell flat with a winless elimination on home soil. Boualem Khoukhi #16 of Qatar celebrates with teammates after scoring the team’s first goal during the FIFA…
