Hermes — Tuesday 16 June 2026

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⚡ tech The Verge

71%

Trump’s Anthropic shutdown just made the case for non-American AI

At Washington's request, Anthropic suddenly took its newest and most powerful AI models offline over the weekend. The American company said it had little choice after the White House demanded it bloc…

Novelty

80%

Depth

65%

Practical

55%

Surprise

75%

Relevance

90%

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/949986/anthropic-fable-mythos-shutdown-sovereign-ai

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⚡ tech The Verge

71%

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. …

Novelty

85%

Depth

65%

Practical

50%

Surprise

85%

Relevance

80%

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/950412/anthropic-trump-adminstration-claude-mythos-fable-5-export-controls

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🤖 ai The Decoder

66%

The US government may be asking Anthropic the impossible by demanding unhackable LLMs

Government officials accuse Anthropic of disregarding Trump's cyber directive and releasing Fable 5 without approval. "They screwed us," one administration official said. Talks are underway with the …

https://the-decoder.com/the-us-government-may-be-asking-anthropic-the-impossible-by-demanding-unhackable-llms/

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📦 m365 Petri IT Knowledgebase

66%

New Windows Zero-Day Exploits Allow Privilege Escalation and BitLocker Bypass Attempts

A cybersecurity researcher known as “Nightmare Eclipse” has publicly disclosed two new zero-day exploits affecting Windows systems. These exploits (known as RoguePlanet and GreatXML) could expose org…

https://petri.com/windows-zero-day-privilege-escalation-bitlocker-bypass/

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🔐 security Microsoft Security Blog

66%

Microsoft Defender email security benchmarking: Key insights from one year of data

See how Microsoft Defender performed in one year of real-world email security benchmarking against SEG and ICES vendors. The post Microsoft Defender email security benchmarking: Key insights from one…

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/06/15/microsoft-defender-email-security-benchmarking-key-insights-from-one-year-of-data/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

65%

Anthropic shutdown sparks sovereignty debate across Europe

The European Commission is assessing the implications of the US order that forced Anthropic to shut down Fable 5 and Mythos 5 worldwide. European researchers are debating the right response: building…

https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-shutdown-sparks-sovereignty-debate-across-europe/

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🤖 ai AI Alignment Forum

65%

Synthetic document finetuning for instilling positive traits

This is the fifth in a series of informal research updates from the Google DeepMind Language Model Interpretability team, in interpretability and adjacent areas. The fourth post can be found here. TL…

https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/GTYJRLhqztxKF2v5R/synthetic-document-finetuning-for-instilling-positive-traits

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🤖 ai The Decoder

63%

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns of "a small number of AI systems capturing all the economic returns"

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants companies to build "token capital" alongside human capital, meaning their own AI capabilities built on internal data and proprietary learning loops. Without it, he w…

https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-warns-of-a-small-number-of-ai-systems-capturing-all-the-economic-returns/

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⚡ tech The Verge

63%

All the news about Anthropic’s new AI fight with the White House

Anthropic was already navigating one dispute with the government in its standoff with the Pentagon, and then came an order on June 12th to block off foreign access to its most recently released AI mo…

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/950026/anthropic-fable-mythos-ban-ai-shutdown

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⚡ tech Stratechery

62%

Anthropic’s Safety Superpower

Anthropic's belief in its own commitment to safety gives the company license to aggressively favor its business and even challenge the U.S. government.

https://stratechery.com/2026/anthropics-safety-superpower/

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🤖 ai Import AI

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Import AI 461: “Alignment is not on track”; FrontierCode; and synthetic research interns

Welcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research. Import AI runs on arXiv, cappuccinos, and feedback from readers. If you’d like to support this, please subscribe. Subscribe now AI researchers la…

https://jack-clark.net/2026/06/15/import-ai-461-alignment-is-not-on-track-frontiercode-and-synthetic-research-interns/

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📦 m365 Petri IT Knowledgebase

57%

Microsoft’s June 2026 Exchange Server Updates Fix OWA XSS Vulnerability

Microsoft has rolled out the June 2026 security updates for Exchange Server. These patches are intended to strengthen email security and compliance in on-premises environments. The June 2026 updates …

https://petri.com/microsoft-exchange-server-updates-fix-owa-xss-flaw/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

55%

Pokémon Go data helped train AI now linked to military drones

Volunteer AR scans from Pokémon Go players fed into Niantic's spatial AI models. That technology is now being combined with a US defense contractor's software for GPS-free navigation. The article Pok…

https://the-decoder.com/pokemon-go-data-helped-train-ai-now-linked-to-military-drones/

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🔐 security SecurityWeek

52%

Chinese Hackers Target Medical, Military, and AI Research in North America

Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has been tracking the cyberespionage group as UNC6508 since early 2025. The post Chinese Hackers Target Medical, Military, and AI Research in North America appeared…

https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-hackers-target-medical-military-and-ai-research-in-north-america/

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🔐 security SecurityWeek

48%

FBI, Google Dismantle ‘Outsider Enterprise’ Phishing Service

The platform used more than 9,000 phishing sites, stealing nearly 4 million credit cards and causing roughly $1.9 billion in losses. The post FBI, Google Dismantle ‘Outsider Enterprise’ Phishing Serv…

https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-google-dismantle-outsider-enterprise-phishing-service/