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AI Daily Digest — 2026-06-17: Anthropic Is Still at Odds With the White House Over Claude Fable

Your daily briefing on what's happening in AI — from groundbreaking research to industry moves, curated from the world's most trusted sources. Here are the top stories for 2026-06-17.

1. Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5

As the rest of the country celebrated the USA's first World Cup win and the New York Knicks championship, Anthropic spent its weekend fighting the Trump administration over its latest model release. At 5:21 PM on Friday, the company received a US export control directive to suspend access to its Myt

Source: Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5

2. SpaceX is officially buying Cursor for $60 billion

Days after its massive IPO, SpaceX says it is spending $60 billion to buy Cursor - a bet designed to help Elon Musk's sprawling rocket / AI / social media behemoth win over lucrative enterprise customers and close the gap with AI rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI. The takeover was not entirely unexpe

Source: SpaceX is officially buying Cursor for $60 billion

3. Apple 2027 rumors: AirPods with cameras for AI and the second folding iPhone

Now that we're clear of WWDC and all of the new AI-powered features coming to Apple's platforms, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman has more details about rumored new hardware, like the camera-equipped AirPods he'd previously written about. He says they are currently on schedule for a late 2027 launch,

Source: Apple 2027 rumors: AirPods with cameras for AI and the second folding iPhone

4. Anthropic Is Still at Odds With the White House Over Claude Fable 5

Anthropic leaders flew to Washington, DC, to meet with White House officials on Monday. After high-level talks, they’re still split on the risk Claude Fable 5 presents.

Source: Anthropic Is Still at Odds With the White House Over Claude Fable 5

5. Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions

Respond.io, one of Malaysia's startups to watch, uses AI agents to handle high volumes of customer inquiries and charges per convo, not per seat.

Source: Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions

6. Qualcomm CEO says AI agents will replace apps — as chip giant works on 40 new AI-powered devices

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said he is bullish on smart glasses which could eventually become as big as the smartphone.

Source: Qualcomm CEO says AI agents will replace apps — as chip giant works on 40 new AI-powered devices

7. Want to get a data center online quickly? Give it some flex.

At the end of a tense and scoreless first half of a soccer match between the English men’s team and rival Germany, millions of Brits let out a collective sigh and did what they so often do in moments of stress: They made tea. That wave of electric kettles clicking on, however, caused a different…

Source: Want to get a data center online quickly? Give it some flex.

8. ‘Pretty Crazy’ Token Usage Is Testing Bosses’ Bet on AI

A Silicon Valley software maker and an ecommerce company reveal to WIRED how they are navigating the emerging challenge of “tokenomics.”

Source: ‘Pretty Crazy’ Token Usage Is Testing Bosses’ Bet on AI

9. ChatGPT’s market share slips below 50% for first time

The chatbot still remains the most popular AI assistant worldwide with over 1.1 billion monthly users, followed by Gemini with 662 million and Claude with 245 million.

Source: ChatGPT’s market share slips below 50% for first time

10. Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users

SearchLeak exploit shows why the industry's approach to LLM security fails over and over.

Source: Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users

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