Export controls on Anthropic boost rivals as Fable’s data policies push engineers to Codex; Anthropic’s Project Fetch confirms Claude slashes N-day exploit timelines; Schneier and Sanders argue the Fable saga exposed AI’s governance gap; and PwC’s AI Jobs Barometer finds the most AI-exposed companies achieving five-times higher productivity. SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Google race to orbit AI data centers; MoonPay acquires Entendre for agentic stablecoin finance; Scott Alexander examines Midjourney’s full-body ultrasound scanner; sqlite-utils 4.0 ships database migrations; and T. rex took 40 years to reach full size.

TechCrunch · Jun 21

Analysis of which AI companies gain market share as export controls keep Anthropic’s Fable models offline globally.

Pragmatic Engineer · Jun 16

Reports how Fable’s data-retention policies and behavior restrictions pushed engineers toward OpenAI Codex and smart model routing.

Anthropic · Jun 18

Evaluation showing Claude Opus 4.7 completes N-day exploit development tasks at least ten times faster than human security teams.

Sanders & Schneier · Jun 19

Essay arguing the Fable export-control episode reveals AI governance lacks the collective action required to manage increasingly capable models.

PwC · Jun 15

Study of one billion job ads finds AI-exposed companies achieving 163% higher labor productivity and a 62% wage premium for AI skills.

CNBC · Jun 21

Reports on SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Google racing to build AI computing infrastructure in low Earth orbit for solar power and land savings.

MoonPay · Jun 22

Acquisition brings AI accounting agents into reconciliation, treasury, and close workflows for stablecoin payment and fintech companies.

Scott Alexander · Jun 19

Alexander examines Midjourney’s full-body ultrasound tomography prototype, weighing its MRI-quality claims against current limitations.

Simon Willison · Jun 21

First release candidate for sqlite-utils 4.0 adds database migration support and nested transaction handling.