The U.S. Department of Commerce has reportedly cleared OpenAI to release its advanced GPT-5.6 model, with a rollout anticipated as early as this week. This follows additional testing and government meetings, and comes as the Trump administration increases AI regulation.
Le Département du Commerce américain a levé les restrictions d'exportation sur les modèles d'IA Claude Fable 5 et Mythos 5 d'Anthropic, permettant à l'entreprise de rouvrir l'accès à ses services après une suspension qui avait affecté les utilisateurs, notamment dans le milieu crypto.
Anthropic's advanced AI models, Fable and Mythos, are no longer subject to US export controls, less than three weeks after they were suspended due to national security concerns. Access will be restored starting tomorrow.
The US Commerce Department has banned imports of new Polestar models from model year 2027 onward, citing a rule against connected cars from automakers with Chinese links. This decision blocks future models like the Polestar 5 and 6, though existing Polestar 3 and 4 SUVs will continue to be sold.
US inflation, measured by the Federal Reserve's preferred PCE index, rose to a three-year high of 4.1% in May, fueled by rising gas prices and demand for semiconductors. This surge, coupled with increased consumer spending and incomes, could complicate political prospects for Donald Trump and his party ahead of midterm elections, as the Federal Reserve considers interest rate hikes.
Anthropic executives will meet with the US Department of Commerce on Monday in Washington DC to discuss AI safety concerns, specifically regarding a potential "jailbreak" vulnerability in their AI tool, Fable 5/Mythos 5. This follows a US government prohibition on foreign access to the technology.
Anthropic has disabled its new Mythos 5 and Fable 5 AI models for all customers following a US Commerce Department directive. The directive cites concerns over a potential jailbreak that could bypass safeguards related to cybersecurity, chemistry, and biology, impacting national security.
